The trial magistrate who dealt with all the above matters was discharged from the service before, in some cases, responding to the queries raised by the scrutinising Regional Magistrate. The records pertaining to these cases were retrieved from the trial magistrate’s office drawer in a plastic bag. The scrutinising Regional Magistrate has forwarded the records in question for remedial action on review. More
1. The accused aged 22 years old was properly convicted of the charge of robbery as defined in s 126(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] by the learned magistrate sitting at Bindura Magistrates Court on 21 October 2022. The accused was sentenced as follows: More
Accused faces Murder charges. On 09 December 2018 at Manyasha Store, Charuka Village, Chief Nyashanu, Buhera, accused caused the death of Joseph Manyasha by striking him with bricks and stones on the chest and head.
Accused pleaded not guilty to the charge and tendered a plea of guilty to culpable homicide. Accused admits hitting deceased once on his body using a home-made mud brick. On the day in question whilst he was seated at the door steps of deceased’s house waiting for deceased to give him change in the amount of US$1.50, deceased got angry and struck accused with a... More
The accused was arraigned before us facing one count of Murder and second count of Attempted Murder. In count one the state alleges that on 25 November 2019 and at Bembezeni Compound, Roscommon Estate, Chimanimani, accused shot Beware Tsarara once on the chest with an optima Shotgun thereby causing injuries from which the said Beware Tsarara died. In count two it is alleged that on the same date and place the accused unlawfully attempted to kill Shingirirai Mafake by shooting him once on the upper side of his left hand and once on the left side of his chest with... More
The accused stands accused of committing a heinous crime of murder. A crime so brutal that it has left the family of Moreblessing Ali shattered and the community of Nyatsime in shock. More
The deceased suffered from a grossly distended abdomen. This was a condition that she had endured for five to eight years. It was a swollen stomach, the result of an abnormal cyst. The doctor said at its expansive worst the lump spanned a staggering thirty centimetres. She was heavily deformed. Her body was emaciated. More
In a sad sibling rivalry over inherited pieces of land the deceased lost his life. The accused was arraigned before this court on a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) (a) or (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
The two matters landed on my desk for review, having been forwarded from the office of the Regional Magistrate in Mutare. Both were dealt with by the same trial magistrate, who is a provincial magistrate stationed at Chipinge. More
On 9 March 2021 the accused was arraigned for murder as defined in s 47 (i) (a) or (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The state alleged that on 19 January 2020 at Mayedzengwa Village, Chief Marange, Mutare, the accused, together with Dzidzai Nyangovere, who is still at large, caused the death of Liberty Dadirai Chimonyo, by stabbing him several times with an Okapi Knife on the neck, back, chest and left arm with the intention to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct might cause death... More
This is a review matter emanating from the Magistrate Court which has been referred to this court in terms of S57 of the Magistrates Court Act. The accused persons were charged with three (3) counts of stock theft as defined in s114(2)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] and two (2) counts of theft as defined in terms of Section 113(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (hereinafter referred to as (“the Act”).
Both accused persons pleaded “Not guilty “to the charges but were both convicted. The 1st accused was convicted of... More
The accused is a male adult of 23 years, but at the time of the commission of the offence in 2012, he was 17 years, residing at Bvirindi Village, Chief Zimunya, Mutare. He was employed as a herdboy at Mundembe Village Chief Zimunya, Mutare. The deceased Cosmas Ngadzingwe was a resident of Mundembe Village, Chief Zimunya Mutare, he was 6 years older than accused, he was23 years then. On 21 September 2012 around 6pm the accused was passing time watching a game of draught at Mhaka Bottle Store. He was in the company of three other young men. At some... More
On 2 June 2020, all six accused were arraigned for murder. The state alleges that on 25 December 2018 and at Constance, Chitungwiza, Nyahukwe Road, Rusape the accused and each or one of them unlawfully, caused the death of Carlington Rateiwa by assaulting him with fists and stabbing him with a water glass on the neck, intending to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that their conduct might cause death and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility resulting in injuries from which the said Carlington Rateiwa died More
Accused is charged with a crime of murder as defined in s 47 (1) (a) or (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] it being alleged by the state that on 27 December 2018 and at Piki Business Centre, Chief Zimunya, Mutare the accused unlawfully caused the death of Courage Anesu Mutanga by assaulting him several times on the head and strangling him intending to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct might cause death and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility resulting... More
There are three accused person in this murder trial. Two of the three accused are brothers, namely Andrew Guduza and Gregory Guduza. They are the 2nd and 3rd accused respectively. The 1st accused, Zvioneso Chaira is their uncle, in that he is their mother’s brother. The central issue is whether the three relatives connived in common purpose when, as the state alleges , on the 5th of March 2016, one or more of them unlawfully and with intent to kill shot Josiah Kusemwa with a luger grand power pistol serial number MRS 0243. He was shot once in the face... More
