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Man acquitted of dagga possession charges
A 33-year-old man accused of possessing 53 sachets of dagga has been acquitted after a court ruled that there was insufficient evidence linking him to the drugs.Western Commonage Magistrate Mr...Published: 19 Aug 2025 at 18:55hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
Man acquitted after killing his 'possessed' mother in witchcraft row
A 47-year-old man who fatally assaulted his mother during a violent confrontation sparked by allegations of witchcraft walked free on Monday after a Bulawayo magistrate ruled that he acted in self-def...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 10:19hrs | 625 | by Staff reporter
Man acquitted after axing wife on the head
A 65-year-old woman from Filabusi, Matabeleland South, has lodged a formal complaint with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC), accusing the Filabusi and Esigodini Magistrates' Courts of mishandling ...Published: 21 May 2025 at 11:13hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Harare woman acquitted in COS fraud allegations
A Harare magistrate has acquitted Nyasha Mandeya, a woman who had been accused of duping a client out of US$22,000 under the pretext of helping her siblings secure employment in the United Kingdom's c...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:41hrs | 335 | by Staff reporter
Businessman acquitted of selling stolen fuel
Kwekwe businessman Mr. Asif Kurawely, the director of Seven Rows Investments (Pvt) Limited, trading as Arman Petroleum, has been acquitted of charges alleging he sold stolen fuel.Mr. Kurawely,...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 15:46hrs | 1725 | by Staff reporter
Businessman acquitted, arrested again outside court
Matthew Musengezi, a Harare car dealer and socialite, has returned to remand custody amid new fraud charges related to vehicle importation. Musengezi, who was previously acquitted of culpable homicide...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 12:11hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Man acquitted of rape
Harare regional magistrate Clever Tsikwa acquitted a man accused of raping his 10-year-old niece, citing contradictions in the evidence presented. The ruling pointed out discrepancies between ...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 07:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Policeman acquitted in abuse of office case
A POLICEMAN based at ZRP Glen View, who was facing a charge of criminal abuse of office, was yesterday set free by Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka.The magistrate ruled that the State faile...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Businessman acquitted of fraud
A HARARE magistrate yesterday acquitted businessman Michael Ndoro of fraud charges.Magistrate Clever Tsikwa ruled that the State's evidence was insufficient to establish essential elements to ...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF chairman acquitted
ZANU-PF Mazowe chairperson for ward 21 who was accused of stealing seven bags of Ammonium Nitrate fertilizer which were meant for Pfumvudza pr...Published: 15 Apr 2023 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman acquitted of killing husband during Valentine's Day fracas
The High Court has cleared a Muzarabani woman of murder charges following the couple's violent quarrel 14 February last year which saw her stab and kill her husband in self-defence.Lackia Chir...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Businessman acquitted
A COURT has ruled that a case in which a Bulawayo mechanic is accused of driving a client's vehicle without authorisation is a civil matter that cannot be tried in a criminal court.The case wh...Published: 19 May 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill man acquitted of murdering mother
A 37-year old Zvishavane man who is mentally ill was recently acquitted of murdering his mother by the High Court on circuit in Gweru.High Court Judge Evangelista Kabasa who was on circuit at ...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill man acquitted for killing sister, nephew
A MENTALLY ill Zvishavane man, who killed his sister and her five-year-old son last year in a dispute over his National Social Security Authority (NSSA) documents, was acquitted last Friday after the ...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff report
Woman acquitted of 'rape'
A 27-YEAR-OLD HIV positive woman from Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb who was accused of "raping" her neighbour's 16-year-old son has been acquitted. The accused person, whose identity has be...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 09:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Man acquitted of raping daughter
A Mutare man, who was being accused of raping his seven-year-old daughter, was yesterday acquitted by Rusape regional magistrate Livingstone Chipadze after the State failed to prove a prima facie case...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chinese businessman acquitted of threatening to shoot employees
A CHINESE businessman who was accused of pointing a firearm at his three ex-employees in a labour dispute has been acquitted by a Harare Magistrate for lack of evidence.Xu Lei (36), who was fa...Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man acquitted of HIV deliberate infection charges
A RUSAPE man Samuel Mutwira who was facing humiliating allegations of deliberately infecting his girlfriend with HIV was this week acquitted by Rusape regional magistrate Mr Livingstone Chipadza....Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 08:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
DJ Templeman acquitted
A REGIONAL magistrate has acquitted music promoter and radio disc jockey Simbarashe Maposa, who is popularly known as DJ Templeman, of kidnapping a teenage girl whom he had offered transport to Beitbr...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman acquitted on $380 000 fraud allegations
HARARE businessman Nathan Mnaba has been acquitted on charges of fraudulently acquiring a local firm, Norwich Trading Company, and registering it in his name without the owner, Nighert Parween Savania...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mentally ill woman acquitted for fatally axing niece
A 31-YEAR-OLD Mberengwa woman, who fatally axed her two-year-old niece in December 2016, has been acquitted of murder after the High Court considered her unstable mental history.Alerta Masuku ...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's dress rehearsal for Sadc, AU summits
President Mnangagwa will wind up his regional appraisal tours with a State visit to Botswana after having charmed regional leaders with his adept understanding of the critical ingredients needed to re...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 04:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Epworth man acquitted over alleged cop assault
HARARE Magistrate Eric Kadye on Tuesday acquitted Blessing Mutasa, a resident of Epworth, who had been on trial for allegedly resisting a peace officer and causing malicious damage to property....Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Man acquitted on charges of insulting cops
A ZIMBABWEAN court on Wednesday acquitted a Chiredzi man who had been on trial for allegedly insulting some Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers, whom he accused of collecting funds from members of...Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Railwayman acquitted of rape
A MOMENT of pleasure turned into a freedom threatening nightmare for a Bulawayo Beitbridge Railway company employee when his "girlfriend" reported him to the police for rape.A court heard ...Published: 10 Feb 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Belief in witchcraft sees man who killed 'goblin' woman acquitted
A MAN from Nkayi who brutally axed a mentally ill woman he suspected to be a goblin, has been acquitted.Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Francis Bere, who is on circuit in Hwange, acquit...Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman acquitted of theft
MUTARE businessman Ibraimo Richard Dauto, who was accused of stealing an $18 000 machine used to analyse the quality of diamonds from his Israeli counterpart, has been acquitted.Dauto was acqu...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 13:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Harare businesswoman acquitted, SA partner 'wanted'
A HARARE businesswoman, who had been convicted of allegedly defrauding a South Africa-based businessman of $20 000 in a failed business deal, was on Thursday acquitted by the High Court, while the...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 12:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Policewoman acquitted of ‘infecting’ hubby with HIV
An HIV positive Policewoman who was accused by her husband, a teacher based in Gutu of deliberately infecting him with the HIV virus has been acquitted of the charge by Masvingo Magistrate Collert Ncu...Published: 09 May 2016 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Woman acquitted of bashing her hubby, bursts into song
A BULAWAYO woman left a court in stitches when she broke into song and dance after being acquitted of bashing her husband. Sabelo Sibanda, 44, appeared before magistrate Batanai Tuwe facin...Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 06:52hrs | 4 | by Noleen Makhurane
Man acquitted on charges of raping a prostitute
FOUNTAIN Christian College director Njabulo Sithole, 37, who was dragged to court for allegedly raping and robbing a commercial sex worker was yesterday acquitted.Sithole who also doubles up a...Published: 28 Feb 2015 at 14:11hrs | | by Thandeka Moyo
Man acquitted for fatally axing father
A 31-YEAR-OLD man from Gokwe who fatally struck his father with an axe on the head escaped jail after he was acquitted of murder due to insanity.Obey Mutero of Mutero Village under Chief Mkoka...Published: 01 Feb 2015 at 11:37hrs | 1 | by Munyaradzi Musiiwa
HIV+ woman acquitted of 'wilfully' transmitting the virus
A Chitungwiza woman who was arraigned before the courts by her ex-husband over allegations that she deliberately infected him with HIV was on Monday acquitted of the charges.The court heard th...Published: 11 Sep 2014 at 08:00hrs | | by Lovemore Meya
Man acquitted of 'raping' disabled shebeen queen
A 26-year-old man on Friday walked out of court a free man after he was acquitted of charges of allegedly raping a 64-year-old disabled shebeen queen in Bulawayo's Makokoba Township.Nobert...Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man acquitted of impregnating own daughters, rights activists demand paternity tests
THE acquittal of a 42-year-old Buhera man on charges of raping and impregnating his two juvenile daughters drew an angry reaction from child-rights activists who demanded that paternity tests be done ...Published: 13 Jun 2014 at 07:06hrs | | by Samuel Kadungure
Zim man acquitted for stabbing a 'gay guy' who caressed him
A Bulawayo man who stabbed an acquaintance he claimed had hit on him has been allowed to walk free the court.Bongani Phiri, 22, was acquitted by a Bulaw...Published: 27 Mar 2014 at 21:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Woman acquitted of bashing hubby over romantic text
THE Bulawayo woman who stood accused of striking her husband with an axe and smashing his cellphone following a dispute over a suspicious romantic text message discovered in her cellphone, had every ...Published: 17 Dec 2013 at 03:49hrs | 2 | by Court Reporter
Woman acquitted of murdering hubby
A DANGAMVURA woman who stabbed her husband to death with a kitchen knife following a domestic dispute over sadza has been acquitted of murder by a High Court Judge.Gladys Tandire was lucky to ...Published: 28 Mar 2013 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tanzanian businessman acquitted in Zim
A Tanzanian businessman accused of repacking Oriental and Zam Zam rice into branded packaging belonging to another company has been acquitted.Mlengela Anastazi, director of Bolstfern Investmen...Published: 15 Mar 2013 at 19:30hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Man acquitted of rape because woman turned out to be transsexual man
A Swedish man was acquitted of rape charges because his victim was not a woman but a transgender man.District Court Judge Dan Sjostedt dismissed the rape charge citing that if the man new that...Published: 23 Jan 2013 at 19:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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