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The two accused persons were jointly charged with four counts of stock theft. They pleaded not guilty to all the counts but were convicted of all the counts at the end of a full trial. More
The five accused persons are charged with murder it being alleged that on 15 of April 2006 acting in consort and common purpose the accused persons unlawfully with intent to kill murdered Onismus Zikumva by stabbing him once in the chest with a knife and assaulting him all over the body with open hands, booted feet and fists. More
This review judgment deals with the issue of whether under s 70 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23], a male young person can be competently convicted of engaging in extra-marital sexual intercourse with a female young person.
The facts in the present case were that in April 2009 the 15 year old CF who was in Form 3 fell in love with a 14 year old form 1 girl at a secondary school where they were both attending. They first had consensual sexual intercourse in July 2009 and thereafter continued to do so on... More
On 5 November 2010 the accused was driving a Toyota Hiace mini bus commonly referred to as a Combi along the Harare – Bulawayo Road towards Bulawayo. Such vehicles are notoriously used as public service motor vehicle for hire or reward. More
All the three matters were dealt with by the same senior magistrate atChiredzi Magistrates Court after which they were referred to this court for automatic review.
I have decided to deal with all the three matters in a single review judgment in view of the fact that the charge involved in all the matters is the same, and the misdirection on the part of the trial magistrate is evident and common to all the three matters.
In all the three matters the accused persons were duly convicted after pleading guilty to contravening s 89 (1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification... More
The two accused persons in this case were found guilty on their pleas of guilty to a charge of contravening section 94 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23]. The facts giving rise to the charge were that the accused persons pledged the complainant, their female relative, to the family of one Fredy Neruwana who was killed by Nerimonos Maguya in 1980. The complainant was pledged some time in 2005, when she was a minor, as compensation for the death of Fredy Neruwana. Paragraph 6 of the State Outline suggests that she was pledged in marriage to... More
On 5 May 2009 the accused had an altercation with the deceased as a result of which the accused assaulted the deceased. The deceased was taken to Bikita, then to Silveira Hospital and subsequently to Masvingo General Hospital where he eventually succumbed and passed on on 17 May 2009. More
