After the oral evidence of 2 state witnesses and the admission in terms of section 314 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act of 12 other state witnesses’ evidence as summarised in the state outline, the state called a 3rd witness to give oral evidence, one Lovemore Sibanda. More
The accused is charged with the murder of his brother. The State’s case is that on the 20th of October 2015, the deceased arrived home and pelted stones towards the accused’s room alleging that the accused had stolen cash from him. The deceased demanded that the accused should leave the residence. The accused is said to have emerged from his room armed with a hoe and struck the deceased indiscriminately with it causing injuries on the deceased’s back, arm and head from which he had died. More
The accused has been arraigned on a charge of the crime of conspiracy to commit murder as defined in section 188 (1) as read with Section 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] in that on the 30th day of May 2017 and at Dirozvi Meeting Place Lodges Chivhu the accused person unlawfully and intentionally entered into an agreement with Obert Juru for the killing of Makanaka Vhutani intending by the agreement to bring about the commission of murder or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that the agreement may bring about the... More
The background to this case is that the accused appeared before the court a quo on a default enquiry which was centered on the accused’s default in performing community service as had been ordered by the court. More
The accused was initially facing a charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) [Cap 9:23] but now stands convicted of a permissible verdict of contravening section 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) [Cap 9:23] which relates to culpable homicide. More
The accused was initially facing the charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. However, at the commencement of the trial both the state and the defence agreed that the charge of culpable homicide as defined in s 49 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] is the appropriate charge. The accused was thus duly convicted on his own plea of guilty of the charge of culpable homicide. More
In this case, three accused persons all security guards in a company call Ex-Cop were charged with murder of one Edson Girazi,which occurred on 15 October 2014. The offence occurred in the course of their duties at a mine where the deceased,along with others, had been illegally mining gold. More
