The three accused persons, Lovemore Masauki, Naison Masauki, and Ellin Joe, were arraigned before this court on a charge of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Code [Chapter 9:23]. They all pleaded not guilty. The state presented viva voce evidence and produced exhibits to support its case against the accused. The accused gave their defences but did not call any other witnesses, relying solely on their own testimonies. More
The accused was charged with murder together with his accomplice one Mike Mupatutsa who has since absconded. The State applied for a separation of trials and proceeded against the accused before the court. The allegations are that on the 5th of March 2022 at Kyle compound beerhall the accused and his accomplices assaulted the deceased one Carlos Antonio with wooden sticks, stones and a metal pipe leading to the deceased’s death. The state tendered the summary of its case which was marked Annexure ‘A’. More
Theaccused is arraigned for contravening section 47 (i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reformed) Act [Chapter 9:23] which relates to murder.
The charge is that on 12 April 2021 at Village 24, Mukosi Resettlement scheme, Chief Nyajena Masvingo the accused intentionally and unlawfully caused the death of Tinago Chikunda, his brother in law, by stabbing with a knife on the neck once.
At the material time both the accused and the now deceased were 46 years old and residing in the same village, that is, village 24 MukosiResettlement Scheme, Chief Nyajena Masvingo. The now deceased was a brother in... More
MUZOFA J: The accused was convicted after a trial for contravening s60 A (3) (1) of the Electricity Act [Chapter 13:19] “the Act” for cutting, destroying or interfering with apparatus used to generate, transmit or supply electricity. He pleaded guilty to the charge. The court found no special circumstances, it then imposed the minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years imprisonment. More
Initially both accused were charged together with one Shepherd Ziwacha (Shepherd) but Shepherd is now at large. The accused persons are facing a charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. More
The accused was arraigned before the 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]. The state alleges that on 19 June 2017 and at Headlands Hotel, the accused acting with common purpose and in concert with Tawanda Chiruka who at the time of trial was still at large, unlawfully caused the death of Winchester Karichi by supplying an okapi knife to Tawanda Chiruka during an altercation and the knife was used to stab Winchester Karichi in the lower left side of the stomach... More
The offender Macdonald Kadenhe and the deceased were close relatives. The offender’s mother was a sister-in-law to the deceased. In African custom, the deceased would generally be regarded as a father to the offender. They appear to have had a close relationship. On the fateful night they were drinking beer together. They drank into the late hours of the night. Their friends had earlier quit the beer party and left the two still drinking. In the midst of that binge, the deceased was said to have reprimanded the offender about how he was neglecting his sick wife. The offender did... More
The two accused persons Machekwa Shangwa and Wellington Shangwa are blood brothers and the deceased Trust Chidhume was a cousin brother to them.
The following factors are common cause: More
The accused was convicted of raping his seventeen year old girlfriend. He was also aged seventeen at the time. He had pleaded not guilty to the charge. The sentence imposed was, “To receive a moderate correction of one stroke with a rattan cane to be administered in private by a designated Prison Officer at Harare Central Prison.” More
On their initial appearance before this court on 4 July, 2016, the 6 accused persons were arraigned together with another accused person Crispen Sibanda who was not represented. More
This matter was placed before me for review in terms of s 57 of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10]. The accused appeared before a Marondera court facing a charge of contravening s 89 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23], assault. He pleaded not guilty and was convicted after a full trial and sentenced to perform community service. The brief allegations are that he assaulted the complainant several times all over the body using open hands causing injuries to the complainant. The complainant’s injuries were not visible. More
The accused person pleaded not guilty to the charge of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. He however pleaded guilty to culpable homicide as defined in section 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. The State accepted their limited plea. More
This record of proceedings was placed before me on automatic review in terms of s 57 of the Magistrates Court Act [Chapter 7:10]. The accused was charged with and convicted of four counts of unlawful entry into premises. The circumstances were that he had on 27February 2022 at Murehwa Mission, broken and entered into a dormitory which housed four school girls. Whilst inside he had proceeded to steal four satchels, a juice bottle, a mathematical set and a calculator all valued at ZW$10 200 belonging to each of the school girls namely Yeukai, Bliss, Tanatswa and Rutendo. He made good... More
Mary Wisdom, a 70-year-old woman stands accused of the murder of her 74-year-old husband. She has been arraigned and charged of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Reform and Codification Act, [Chapter,9:23]. She pleaded not guilty to the offence. More
: In S v Chitepo , in the course of a review judgment, in a matter in which the charges preferred against the accused person and the sentence meted out to him had been mishandled, I wrote: More
