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The two accused persons appeared before the court of the provincial magistrate sitting at Masvingo. They faced two counts; first assault as defined in s 89 (1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Cap 9:23] and second; malicious damage to property as defined in s 144 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. The offences charged arise from the events which occurred at Plot 18 Southwill Farm, just outside Masvingo town on 7 June 2010. The two denied both charges. After a trial they were both convicted of both counts. More
The accused was charged in the Magistrates’ court with two counts. The first count was contravening s 5 of the Trapping of Animals Control Act [Cap 20:21] “make use or possess class one traps” in that on 10 October 2001 and at Merrivale Ranch Mwenezi, the accused unlawfully made, used or possessed class 1 traps, that is to say he set twelve wire snares and caught two female kudus. More
The accused was employed by the complainant’s parents as a domestic worker residing at Gwari Village under chief Zimuto in Masvingo Province. He is alleged to have raped his former employer’s 11 year old daughter sometime in April 2009. The offence only came to light more than a year later in August 2010 when it was discovered that she had contracted a sexually transmitted disease. More
: On 9 December 2010 the deceased who was aged 53 years was unwell and in bed. She was accused of practising witchcraft and severely assaulted leading to her death about two or three hours after the fatal assault. The severity of the assault is well spelt out in the post mortem report tendered in these proceedings as exh 4. The doctor who carried out that examination noted that the deceased had a deep cut on the head (temporal ocipita) more to the right side of the back of the head. He also noted some bleeding from the deceased and... More
The accused person was 21 years old when he was arraigned before a Regional Magistrate in Bulawayo charged with contravening s 66 (1)(a)(i) of Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. He was convicted on 1 December 2011 and sentenced to ten years imprisonment of which two years was suspended for five years on condition of future good behaviour More
The two accused persons Machekwa Shangwa and Wellington Shangwa are blood brothers and the deceased Trust Chidhume was a cousin brother to them.
The following factors are common cause: More
The accused was convicted of raping his seventeen year old girlfriend. He was also aged seventeen at the time. He had pleaded not guilty to the charge. The sentence imposed was, “To receive a moderate correction of one stroke with a rattan cane to be administered in private by a designated Prison Officer at Harare Central Prison.” More
