Court Judgements




High Court of Bulawayo Judgements

THE STATE VERSUS HONEST MOYO (2019-02-08)
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

THE STATE VERSUS IGNATIOUS MEHLULI MHLANGA (2020-06-15)
The accused is charged with the crime of murder, committed in aggravating circumstances, as defined in section 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Chapter 9:23. It is alleged that on the 10th of February 2013, and at Mutize and Sons Flea Market, Bulawayo, the accused person acting in common purpose with Isaac Nyakurerwa and Mduduzi Timothy Mathema, one or more or all of them, assaulted Vengai Murisi with a wooden plank on the head and strangled him with a wire intending to kill him or realizing that there is a risk or possibility that his conduct may cause... More

THE STATE VERSUS MALVIN GOHWA (2020-06-03)
The accused faces a charge of murder, it being alleged that on the 17th of February 2012 and at 14 Heath fields Crescent Northend, the accused person and another stabbed Michael Jongi with knives several times on the back intending to kill him or realising that there is a real risk or possibility that his conduct may cause the death of the now deceased but however, he continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility. More

THE STATE VERSUS RONALDO MASOPO (2022-03-04)
The accused appeared in this court facing a charge of murder in contravention of section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23) in that on the 1s5th February 2020 at 330 Lovendale, Bulawayo he struck the deceased on the neck, lower lip and ankle thereby causing his death wrongfully unlawfully. The accused denied the charge. More

THE STATE VERSUS SHINGIRIRAI CHIPANGA (2024-01-22)
The accused appear before the court on a charge of murder as defined in section 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23. The accused pleaded not guilty to the charge but tendered a plea of guilty to the lesser offence of culpable homicide. The state accepted the limited plea. More


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