The argument which resulted in the death of Onisimo Mavhungire stemmed from a misunderstanding which the deceased had with a commercial sex worker at some beerhall in Chivhu. Ashton intervened. The insinuations are that young as he is, he also intended to hire the services of the same woman. She was a lot older than him. That the young man wanted to have sexual intercourse with someone approximating his mother’s age demonstrates the depth of love or more accurately, the bravery and possibly the depravity that today’s generation has. He and Kuda had been drinking. Most probably, they gathered Dutch-courage... More
Prosecution alleged in this murder trial, that the three accused persons Ashton Tadiwanashe Mandaza (first accused), Kudakwashe Machingauta (second accused and Taurai Dzvova (third accused) contravened s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Code) in that on 17 May 2022 at Chivhu Location Shops, the accused persons each or all of them unlawfully and with intent to kill or realizing that there was a real risk or possibility that their conduct may cause death but continuing to engage in that conduct despite the realisation of the risk or possibility, caused the death of Tazvivinga... More
: At the conclusion of this trial, our unanimous decision was that we must as we hereby do, find the accused not guilty and acquitted of the charge of murder he was facing. More
The accused person appeared before a Harare Magistrate together with a co-accused facing a charge of attempted murder as defined in s 189 (1) (a) (b) as read with s 47 (1) (a) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act, [Chapter 9:23] and another of robbery as defined in s 126 (1) (a) (b) of the said code. The two accused pleaded not guilty and his co-accused was acquitted at the close of the trial. The accused was convicted and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment for the attempted murder charge and 10 years imprisonment for the robbery charge,... More
The appellant was charged with the common law crime of sodomy. Hepleaded not guilty but was convicted after a trial by the Regional Magistrate for the Eastern Division sitting at Harare. He was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment of which 2 years imprisonment was suspended for 5 years on condition of future good conduct. More
The applicant is facing one count of armed robbery as defined in s 126 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Cap 9:23]. She is the fifth accused, jointly charged with four accomplices. More
The accused was brought to court on two counts of murder in contravention of s47 of the Criminal Law Reform and Codification Act, [Chapter 9:23] The allegations are that on the 18th of April 2024 he fatally stabbed two of his then drinking buddies, Sadamu Mawuka aged 30 years and Simbarashe Mukono aged 45 at a bar, at Tutsi Mine Milling Tuckshop. Simbarashe Mukono, the second deceased, was the accused’s estranged father who had paid him a recent visit. Sadamu Mawuka, was a well- known beer reveller with a generous pocket. More
The accused was convicted by the Magistrate sitting at Chiredzi of contravening section 113(2)(a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Cap 9:23] which relates to theft of trust property. More
This is an application made in terms of s 198 (3) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act [Cap 9:07] for the discharge of the accused person at the close of the State case. More
The accused was arraigned before this court on three charges. The first charge is of
kidnapping as defined in s 93 (1) (b) (i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
[Chapter 9:23]. More
The two accused were blood brothers. Together with their third brother, Richard Makuchete [“Richard”], they were arrested and charged with the murder of their cousin, Zvinowanda Zvinowanda [“the deceased”]. Richard has since been convicted and sentenced under judgment HMA 7-16. The State explained that there had been a separation of trials because the two accused herein had been unavailable by the time the case was ready for trial, and that in the interests of justice it had been decided to have Richard tried on his own. More
It istragic and unfortunate that this brawl by both the accused and the now deceased who were joyfully drinking beer together for the better part of the day ended up in the loss of life.
The accused was initially arraigned for murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]but the matter proceeded on a statement of agreed facts at the commencement of the trial. This was so as that the state accepted accused’s plea to the permissible verdict of culpable homicide as defined in section 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and... More
On 16 September 2022 at around 1345 hours, the accused, a 20-year-old single parent, was apprehended by National Railways of Zimbabwe (“NRZ”) security officers along Parsley (presumably Paisely?) Road in Harare. He was found in possession of an article described in the state papers as a “chair plate”. He admitted to having picked this item up from what he described as a “Railways heap”. He was subsequently arraigned before the regional magistrate at Harare. He was convicted and sentenced to an effective 10 years imprisonment, on 19 September 2022 for contravention of section 38 (4) (a) of the Railways Act... More
The accused is charged with the crime of murder as defined in s 47 of the
Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9.23]. The indictment alleges that on 26
April, 2015 the accused acting with intent or realising the real risk or possibility that his actions
might cause death and nonetheless continuing to engage in that conduct unlawfully shot the
deceased Vena Bokosha once on the head with an AK rifle and caused the deceased’s death. The
shooting incident occurred at Manyame Airbase, Harare at an area referred to as the bomb dump.
It is a security area where... More
This matter was placed before the court at the instance of the scrutinizing regional magistrate. The offender was charged with two counts of theft as defined in s 113 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. In both counts it is being alleged that on two occasions he stole green vegetables from the complainant’s garden. The total value of the vegetables stolen is UD$130.00 and nothing was recovered. He pleaded guilty. In count 1 he was sentenced to six months imprisonment of which three months was suspended on the usual conditions of good behaviour. In count 2... More
