Court Judgements
High Court of Mutare Judgements
The accused person was arraigned before this court on a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] in that on 21 August 2019 and at Rashipango Village, Chief Marange, Odzi the accused person struck the deceased Webus Muranda (senior) twice with an axe on the head and leg and several times on the head with an axe handle intending to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct might cause death and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk... More
Pursuant to the pleas of guilty to culpable homicide the parties came up with a statement of agreed facts outlining common cause aspects. It is common cause the deceased was a brother to the first accused and had been taken in for care by accused 1 since the deceased’s parents were late. The first accused’s sons, accused 2 and 3 were therefore cousins of the deceased. On the fateful day the first accused demanded her ZW$30.00 from the deceased whom she suspected of having stolen the money. In a bid to recover the money, the 3 accused teamed up and... More
The accused was arraigned before the court on a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) (a) or (b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, [Chapter 9:23]. The State alleged that on 1 August 2017 and at Zisani Village, Chief Makoni, Rusape, the accused unlawfully caused the death of Phillip Makarichi by assaulting him with a stone on the head intending to kill him or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct might cause death and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility thereby causing injuries from... More
The accused, a known psychiatric patient struck the deceased her sister an, also known psychiatric patient. The accused struck the deceased all over the body using a wooden stick thereby causing head injuries from which the deceased died as per the post mortem report tendered by consent of counsels as exh 3. The offence occurred on the 19th of December 2016 at House number 7708, Area 16, Dangamvura, Mutare. More
The accused is facing a charge of murder as defined in s 47 (1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The allegations are that on 21 January 2019 and at Catsiba Farm Chipinge, the accused unlawfully caused the death of Kozanayi Musekeya by shooting him with a rifle intending to kill Kozanayi Musekeya or realising that there was a real risk or possibility that his conduct might cause death and continued to engage in that conduct despite the risk or possibility resulting in injuries from which Kozanayi Musekeya died. More
