The Regional Magistrate forwarded the record of proceedings to the above named matter with the following comments;
“ 1. Having convicted accused on a charge of contravening section 67 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23 the court sentenced him to 5 months imprisonment, part of which was suspended on condition of good behaviour, the remainder being suspended on condition that accused pays a fine. I am not convinced of the appropriateness of suspending a prison term on condition of payment by accused of a fine.
2. The portion of imprisonment suspended on condition of good... More
The decision on the above application has delayed because despite the application having been filed on 24 August, 2018, the record attached to it was in shambles. The State responded to the application on 28 August, 2018. I am not sure as to what record State counsel used to inform his response. More
The matter started off as a murder trial. At the close of State case, parties conferred and agreed that the accused persons’ plea to culpable homicide be accepted. A statement of agreed facts outlining common cause aspects was compiled and presented before the court. Having established the genuiness of the plea of guilty to culpable homicide we retained a verdict of guilty to culpable homicide. We were then addressed in mitigation and aggravation by the respective counsels. More
The accused, a 30 year old was convicted of attempted rape as defined in section 65 of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] as read with section 189 of the same enactment. He was convicted on his plea of guilty by the senior magistrate sitting at Mount Darwin Magistrates Court on 24 July, 2017. More
: The applicants apply for bail pending appeal against both conviction and sentence. The applicants were convicted of “murder with constructive intention” as defined in s 47 (1b) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23] by MWAYERA Jsitting with assessors on 31 May 2017 in the High Court, Harare. More
The accused a 48 year old first offender and family man pleaded guilty to a charge of “unlawful possession or use of Dangerous Drugs” as defined in s 157 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law Codification & Reform Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The facts of the case were that on 2 March 2018, the accused was found in possession of 1.630 kilograms of loose dagga at Msasa Beerhall Ruwange Growth Point, Nyanga. The dagga was found in the accused’s bag following a search of the bag. More
