The accused was charged with the crime of indecent assault as defined in s 67 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:27]. The facts relied upon in the outline of the state case were that the accused, a 30 year old neighbour of the complainant, a married woman aged 22 years old, went to the complainant at her field where she was working alone and proposed love to her. The complainant turned down the proposal. Accused advanced towards the complainant who moved away from him. This did not deter the accused who chased the complainant, tripped and... More
The accused who was initially facing a charge of murder as defined in s 47(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] was subsequently convicted on his on plea of guilty of contravening section 49 of the same Act which relates to culpable homicide. This was after the matter proceeded on the basis of a statement of agreed facts. 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 convicted on her own plea of guilty of having contravened s of 157 (1) (b) Criminal (Codification and Reform Act) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The accused, a female aged 40 years who resides in Mount Darwin, was found in possession of 1885grams of loose cannabis. From the facts the State established that on the 7th May 2017 a certain Constable Goko reacted upon certain information he had received which led to the arrest of the accused on the 8th of May 2017. When she was searched, she was found to be in possession of 4 separate plastic bags... More
The accused was charged with murder of one Tapiwa Marisa which occurred on 27 August 2017. He pleaded not guilty to murder in terms of s 47(1) (a) and in his defence outline was willing to plead to a lesser charge of culpable homicide. The salient facts regarding the circumstances of the murder were largely not in dispute and the defence conceded from the start that despite minor discrepancies in the statements of the state’s witnesses the evidence nonetheless pointed to the assault of the deceased by the accused. For this reason, and, the fact that the key state witnesses... More
The record in this matter was first placed before me on review on 23 September, 2016. I addressed a query to the magistrate who convicted the accused person. I reproduce the query hereunder.
“REVIEW MINUTE: THE STATE v PANASHE TAGWIREYI CRB MSVP 1236- 28/16 More
The accused Patrick Mapita pleaded guilty to a charge of murdering his father on the night of 20th of May 2013, when he is alleged to have struck him with a pestle following a domestic dispute. More
