High Court · [2016] ZMHC 223 · 19 December 2016

People v Muntanga and Another (HJ 83 of 2016) [2016] ZMHC 223 (19 December 2016)

Conviction for murder on cogent circumstantial evidence; intoxication found extenuating, so death penalty not imposed, leave to appeal granted. Flynote Criminal law — Murder — Circumstantial evidence — Last seen with deceased — Malice aforethought — Sexual assault and head injury — Explanatory defence — Intoxication as extenuating circumstance; reliance on R v Exall, Chimbini and Chabala principles. Read full summary

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