The facts of this matter make some very sad reading. The accused was charged with murder in contravention of section 47 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act for the murder of 86 year old Chilemba Mudenda by striking him with an axe once on the neck intending to kill him or realising a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the said Chilemba Mudenda but nonetheless continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility.
The accused was further charged with attempted murder as defined in section 189 as read with... More
The position is now fairly well established in our law that in cases involving multiple counts, the correct approach in sentencing is to treat all counts as one for the purpose of sentence or alternatively when a globular sentence cannot be imposed the court may take each count singly so that the seriousness of the offence is reflected. Where the offences are factually connected in relation to time, but the essential elements are dissimilar, the court must then take each count separately for the purpose of sentence. More
The 23 year old accused appears in this court on a charge of murder. It is alleged that on the 20th June 2017 and at Capital Block Farm, Colleen Bawn, the accused attacked the deceased, an unknown, homeless and mentally ill person and struck him with a blunt object on the head, thereby causing his death. The accused decapitated the deceased’s head and cut off his testicles and packed them into a plastic bag. The accused proceeded to dig a shallow grave and buried the remains of the deceased before leaving the scene of the crime with the deceased’s head... More
This matter has been referred for sentence in terms of section 54(2) of the Magistrates’ Court Act (Chapter 7:10). The accused was arraigned before a Provincial Magistrate sitting at Gweru on allegations of contravening section 60(3)(A) (a) of the Electricity Act (Chapter 13:05). The provision criminalises the cutting, damaging, destruction or interference with any apparatus for generating, transmitting, distributing or supplying electricity. It was alleged by the state that on the night of 3rd of April 2017 the accused was apprehended after he had been seen by state witness cutting down electricity transmission cables belonging to the National Railways of... More
the accused
MOYO J: The accused person faces a charge of murder, it being alleged that on the 28th of March 2019 and at Jani Bottle Store, Moffat area, Shangani, Fort Rixon he struck Mkhokheli Ncube with an axe once on the forehead resulting in him dying from the injuries sustained in that assault.
The following were admitted into the court record and were all duly marked:
- the state summary
- accused’s defence outline
- the affidavit of Constable Mavhunduse
- the post mortem report, which gives the cause of death as –
(a) severe brain damage
(b) skull... More
At the time of the commission of this offence, the accused was 24 years old whilst the deceased was 28. He was charged with her murder in contravention of section 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. He denied the charge. His defence was an alibi that on the alleged date of the murder, he was on his way to Zambia and not at the scene of crime at Inyathi.
Tracy Mpofu and Nomazulu Mnkandla told the court the story of what transpired on the fateful day that perhaps sounded like a “Friday the 13th” evening to them.... More
The accused in this matter was charged with the crime of murder as defined in section 47 of the Criminal (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23. It was alleged that on 15 May 2019 at Maphito Grazing Lands, in Tsholotsho, the accused unlawfully struck John Black Ndlovu once on the head with a log intending to kill him or realising that there is a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of John Black Ndlovu but nonetheless continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility of death. More
