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Every week I read scores of judicial decisions from all over the world. Many involve the rape or murder of women or children.

This week was no different.

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Read the judgment on ZimLII here

THE unusually strong criticism of the high court judges in this matter was directed at an unnamed provincial magistrate who made a mess of sentencing an accused and then made the situation worse by not following the order of the judges in their review of the case.