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Harare High Court
THE STATE v PARADZAI CHONY ONDA
HH 168-17
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
2 March 2017
Citation
HH 168-17
Neutral Citation
[2017] ZWHH 168
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Trial
Bench
Presiding
CHITAPI J
Full Bench
CHITAPI J
Areas of Law
Criminal LawMental Health Law
Keywords
MurderMental DisorderSpecial VerdictInsanityPost-mortemPsychiatric Report
Tags
MurderAttempted MurderMental DisorderInsanity Defence
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
- Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
- Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
- Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
- Mental Health Act
- Mental Health Act
- Mental Health Act
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the accused should be found not guilty by reason of insanity","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Mental disorder of accused at time of offences"}
- {"issue_text":"What should be the fate of the accused after a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Accused's recovery, medication requirements, and risk to society"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
The accused, who was suffering from a mental disorder, struck his brother's wife and two young children with stones, causing the death of one child and serious injuries to the others. The court accepted mental disorder as a full defence and returned a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.
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