S v HARINGTON 1988 (2) ZLR 344 (SC)
Citation | 1988 (2) ZLR 344 (SC) |
Case No | Details not supplied |
Court | Supreme Court, Harare |
Judge | Dumbutshena CJ, McNally JA & Korsah JA |
Heard | 10 October 1988 |
Judgment | 15 November 1988 |
Counsel | A P de Bourbon SC for the appellant. |
Case Type | Criminal appeal |
Annotations | Link to case annotations |
Flynote
Criminal law — Official Secrets Act [Chapter 97] — s 3(c)(ii) — communicating information to an "enemy" — "for any purpose prejudicial to the interests of Zimbabwe" — meaning of.
Statutes — interpretation of — legislation modelled on foreign statutes — extent to which interpretations by foreign courts may be relied on.
Criminal procedure (sentence) — assessment of sentence — need for a balance between interests of society and those of criminal — statutory offence — court expressing personal view on what sentence should be — impropriety of — torture at hands of police before trial — mitigatory effect of — Official Secrets Act [Chapter 97] — communicating information to an enemy — woman communicating information to South African agents about ANC personnel and activities in Zimbabwe — appropriate sentence.
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