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S v BEAHAN 1991 (2) ZLR 98 (S)

1991 (2) ZLR p98

Citation

1991 (2) ZLR 98 (S)

Case No

Details not supplied

Court

Supreme Court, Harare

Judge

Gubbay CJ, Manyarara JA, Korsah JA, Ebrahim JA & Sandura AJA

Heard

10 June 1991

Judgment

4 September 1991

Counsel

M J Gillespie for the appellant
Y Omerjee and A O Agyemang for the respondent

Case Type

Criminal appeal

Annotations

Link to case annotations

Flynote

Criminal procedure — jurisdiction — appellant arrested in Botswana and handed over to Zimbabwe Police informally at border — distinction between voluntary surrender of fugitive by State of refuge and violation by receiving State of international law through an abduction — discretion — whether court has a discretion to refuse to exercise jurisdiction.

Criminal law — accomplice — dissociation from common purpose — whether must attempt to frustrate the purpose in order to free himself from joint responsibility.

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