Late in the afternoon on the 21st of May 2021 the 16 year old accused followed the 9 year old deceased who was on her way home from Kwesengulube Primary School in Nkayi. The deceased was in grade 3. Accused lured the deceased into a bushy area after offering her jiggies corn snacks. Accused had sexual intercourse with the deceased without her consent before chocking her and strangling her to death. At around 20:00 hours that same evening the deceased’s body was discovered in a bush. Deceased’s lifeless body was found with her face facing upwards. Her dress was pulled... More
The applicant, a 32 year-old male inmate lodged at Bindura Prison was charged with the offence of escaping from lawful custody in contravention of section 185 (1) (b) of The Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Chapter 9.23].
The summarised facts of the matter as outlined in the prosecution’s papers were that on 16 September 2021, around 11p.m at Bindura Prison, the applicant who was in self isolation after testing positive for the infamous COVID-19 virus, set in motion a plan to escape from prison. He compressed the iron sheets used to construct the cell he was housed in, in... More
The accused person faces a charge of murder it being alleged that on the 28th of December 2020, at Garikai intersection, in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, the accused stabbed the deceased Blessing Taruwona with a flick knife on the abdomen, assaulted him several times on the head with a knobkerrie and a stone on the ribs and thereby causing the death of Blessing Taruwona. The accused pleaded not guilty. More
The accused faces a charge of murder. It being alleged that on the 21st of January 2021 he assaulted his wife Marylene Walters resulting in her death. Accused denies the charge, he was offered a limited plea to a charge of culpable homicide. The following were tendered into the court record:
- the state summary
- the accused’s defence outline
- the accused’s warned and cautioned statement
- the post mortem report
- the sticks that were allegedly used in the commission of the offence. They were all duly marked.
The post mortem report gives the case of death as:... More
the accused
MOYO J: The accused person faces a charge of murder, it being alleged that on the 6th of June 2020, he assaulted the deceased SibongileChareva with a whip and switches all over the body, resulting in her sustaining fatal injuries and thereby causing her death. The accused tendered a limited plea to culpable homicide. The state accepted the limited plea. A statement of agreed facts was drawn and tendered. It was marked Exhibit 1. More
The accused is facing a charge of murder, as defined in section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23. He pleaded guilty but it being a murder charge, a plea of not guilty was entered. More
The accused is charged with murder as defined in section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23. He pleaded not guilty.
The state’s case is that on 18th May 2019 at around 2000 hours the accused, deceased, Morgan Fundira and deceased’s brother, one Ndaba Ncube were at Zvope bottle store in Chiundura. Morgan Fundira, who is the owner of the bottle store decided to close the bottle store and advised all the patrons to leave.
The accused was not amused and started shouting at Morgan threatening him and Ndaba Ncube with death. The deceased and... More
