The two accused were arraigned before this court on a charge of murder it being alleged that on the 1st of January 2016 around 00.30 hours at Home Plus bottle store in Bromley NRZ Quarters, they unlawfully and intentionally murdered Blessing Tondodza by head butting, kicking and assaulting him with a jacaranda switch and a metal fluorescent lamp holder on his head thereby causing injuries from which the said Blessing Tondodza died. 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, he was convicted of the permissible verdict of culpable homicide as defined in s 49 of the Criminal Code [Cap 9:23] after the state and the defence agreed that it is the appropriate charge. The matter therefore proceeded on the basis of a statement of agreed facts. More
On the date of trial the second accused person defaulted. The state applied for a separation of trials to proceed against the first and third accused persons.
The accused personsappeared before the court facing a charge of murder in contravention of section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. It is alleged that on the 2ndof January 2021 the accused persons acting in common purpose assaulted the now deceased Innocent Tabera with axes and stabbed him with a knife causing his death. More
The accused who was arraigned for murder as defined in section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) [Chapter 9:23] was subsequently convicted on his own plea of guilty of culpable homicide as defined in section 49 of the same Criminal Law Code [Chapter 9:23]. This was after both counsel agreed that culpable homicide was the appropriate charge. More
The accused is facing two counts of murder as defined in s 47 (1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] (the Criminal Law Code). It is not in dispute that on 13 October 2020 at No. 10, Village 43 Hoyuyu, Mutoko he caused the death of Lizzie Madende by striking her with an axe once on the head just above the left ear and once on the forehead thereby causing injuries from which Lizzie Madende died on the spot. It is also not in dispute that on the same date, time and place, the accused struck... More
The accused was convicted following his plea of guilty to a charge of escaping from lawful custody in contravention of section 185 (1) (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23] (‘the criminal code’). The uncontested facts are that the accused, who was a serving prisoner at the Buffalo Range prison and correctional facility in Chiredzi, was assigned, under guard to collect some firewood in a nearby bushy area. That was on the 25th of February 2022. He then surreptitiously sneaked away unnoticed and made good his escape. His unearned liberty was however short-lived as he was... More
It is indeed a herculean task to try and factually establish the circumstances of the now deceased’s proximate cause of death. It is like looking for a needle in the proverbial haystack. More
