The
accused was charged with the crime of deliberately supplying false
information to the public authority as defined in section 180 of the
Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter
9:23].
The
accused pleaded guilty and was duly convicted by a Provincial
Magistrate at Rusape Magistrates Court.
I
confirm the conviction….,.
In
casu,
what made the accused to be charged is ...
The
accused was charged with the crime of deliberately supplying false
information to the public authority as defined in section 180 of the
Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter
9:23].
The
accused pleaded guilty and was duly convicted by a Provincial
Magistrate at Rusape Magistrates Court.
I
confirm the conviction….,.
In
casu,
what made the accused to be charged is that he lied to the police
that he had been robbed by three men who were armed with pistols and
that they had taken his cellphone and US$283=. When the
investigations failed to yield anything the accused then confessed
that he had lied. He explained that his reason for making a false
report was that he had no money to go to Mutare from Rusape; so he
wanted a letter from the police so that he could get free transport
to Mutare.
