COUNCIL ACQUITTED IN ELECTROCUTION CASE

THE High Court has set aside conviction and sentence
against Bulawayo City Council (BCC) which was fined $600 for culpable homicide
after a boy from Magwegwe suburb was electrocuted while standing near a street
tower light.

The ruling by Bulawayo …

THE High Court has set aside conviction and sentence against Bulawayo City Council (BCC) which was fined $600 for culpable homicide after a boy from Magwegwe suburb was electrocuted while standing near a street tower light. The ruling by Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese, who was sitting with Justice Maxwell Takuva during a criminal appeals court, follows an application by