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MANJORO v MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS & ORS 2018 (1) ZLR 279 (H)

2018 (1) ZLR p279

Citation

2018 (1) ZLR 279 (H)

Case No

Judgment No. HH-153-18

Court

High Court, Harare

Judge

Dube J

Heard

22 February 2018; 23 February 2018

Judgment

21 March 2018

Counsel

J Bamu, for the plaintiff
E Mukucha, for the first and second defendants

Case Type

Civil trial

Annotations

Flynote

Criminal procedure – arrest – lawfulness of – reasonable suspicion – arrested person having put forward alibi – need to investigate alibi and establish it to be false – failure to disprove alibi – no probable cause for arrest existing – liability for damages

Delict – actio injuriarum – malicious prosecution – unlawful arrest, detention and prosecution – no reasonable grounds for arrest – ill-treatment in detention – liability of police

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