MAWERE v COMMISSIONER GENERAL OF POLICE & ANOR HB-98-18 2018 (1) ZLR 394 (H)
Citation | 2018 (1) ZLR 394 (H) |
Case No | Judgment No. |
Court | High Court, Bulawayo |
Judge | Mathonsi J |
Heard | 6 April 2018 |
Judgment | 12 April 2018 |
Counsel | Applicant in person |
Case Type | Urgent chamber application |
Annotations |
Flynote
Constitutional law – Constitution of Zimbabwe 2013 – Declaration of Rights – right not to be tried twice on same facts – (s 70(1)(m)) – whether subsequent institution of disciplinary proceedings under Police Act against a police officer who has previously been acquitted of a criminal charge arising out of same set of facts violates double jeopardy rule
Police – discipline – institution of disciplinary proceedings – officer previously tried and acquitted in magistrates court on criminal charge arising out of same set of facts – double jeopardy rule not thereby violated
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