In the murder case, the legal practitioners found each other but somewhere along the line they could not find the accused. This is because the legal practitioners, obviously with the concurrence of the accused agreed to proceed on the lesser charge of culpable homicide. A statement of agreed facts was prepared. However, when the charge was put to the accused, he pleaded not guilty to the charge. He completely denied causing the death of the deceased and raised self-defence. His legal practitioner was helpless in the face of her client’s change of heart. Fortunately, the key state witness was in... More
The accused stands convicted of the offence of murder. In this case, the court’s finding during judgment was that the accused proceeded to the deceased’s homestead. He unlawfully entered into her dwelling house for purposes of stealing. That on its own constitutes an aggravating circumstance. In addition the evidence before the court is that the deceased was well over 70 years. The deceased’s son testified in court that the she was over 70 years. The doctor who conducted the post mortem indicated in the autopsy report that the deceased was 73 years old. Once more that brings the crime into... More
The accused Liberty Chirimudombo faces a charge of murder. The allegations against him are that on 23 August 2022 at OK Mbare complex, he assaulted Munashe Mandebvu (the deceased) on his back and on the head with a wooden stick. The state alleged that he did so with intent to kill the deceased or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his actions could lead to death but regardless of that realisation of the risk or possibility he persisted with his conduct. The deceased died from the injuries he sustained from the assault. More
The accused was charged of murder as defined in section 47 of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act, Chapter 9:23. The accused pleaded not guilty to murder but tendered a plea of guilty to culpable homicide. More
The accused was charged with murder together with his accomplice one Mike Mupatutsa who has since absconded. The State applied for a separation of trials and proceeded against the accused before the court. The allegations are that on the 5th of March 2022 at Kyle compound beerhall the accused and his accomplices assaulted the deceased one Carlos Antonio with wooden sticks, stones and a metal pipe leading to the deceased’s death. The state tendered the summary of its case which was marked Annexure ‘A’. More
Mary Wisdom, a 70-year-old woman stands accused of the murder of her 74-year-old husband. She has been arraigned and charged of murder as defined in section 47(1) of the Criminal Law Reform and Codification Act, [Chapter,9:23]. She pleaded not guilty to the offence. More
The remains of a four-year-old young girl were found lying in a pool of blood, her head crushed and her brains scattered on the floor of the wooden cabin they called their home in the early hours of the 18th of February 2023. The accused person, Micheal Milfort, the step father, was the last person to be seen with the deceased alive late in the night of the previous day. He was arrested in connection with the heinous killing and charged with murder as defined in s47 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and reform Act [Chapter 9:23]. More
