Khumalo v Rex (11/2022) [2023] SZSC 36 (3 October 2023)

# Khumalo v Rex (11/2022) [2023] SZSC 36 (3 October 2023) [ __](https://api.whatsapp.com/send?text=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/36/eng@2023-10-03) [ __](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/36/eng@2023-10-03) [ __](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/36/eng@2023-10-03) [ __](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/36/eng@2023-10-03) [ __](mailto:?subject=Take a look at this document from EswatiniLII: Khumalo v Rex \(11/2022\) \[2023\] SZSC 36 …&body=https://eswatinilii.org/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/36/eng@2023-10-03) [ Download PDF (1.0 MB) ](/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/36/eng@2023-10-03/source) Report a problem __ * Share * [ Download PDF (1.0 MB) ](/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/36/eng@2023-10-03/source) * * * * * Report a problem __ ##### Khumalo v Rex (11/2022) [2023] SZSC 36 (3 October 2023) Copy citation * __Document detail * __Related documents Citation Khumalo v Rex (11/2022) [2023] SZSC 36 (3 October 2023) Copy Media Neutral Citation [2023] SZSC 36 Copy Hearing date 28 February 2023 Court [Supreme Court of eSwatini](/judgments/SZSC/) Case number 11/2022 Judges [Maphalala CJ](/judgments/all/?judges=Maphalala%20CJ), [Matsebula J](/judgments/all/?judges=Matsebula%20J), [Van der Walt JA](/judgments/all/?judges=Van%20der%20Walt%20JA) Judgment date 3 October 2023 * [12 October 2023](/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/36/eng@2023-10-12) * [3 October 2023](/akn/sz/judgment/szsc/2023/36/eng@2023-10-03) Language English * * * Skip to document content Criminal Appeal — Murder — different fornøs ofdolus distinguished Crüninal Law - intention and premeditation distinguished Criminal Procedure — Sentence — sentence lies within the discretion ofthe trial Court and the appellate Court will only interfere if there had been a material misdirection Criminal Procedure — Sentence - increase ofsentence on appeal - basic principles restated Criminal Procedure — Sentence — appeal against sentence - murder gender based violence — premeditation - wife murdered by husband with axe blow to neck and then beheaded - appellant buried body parts in shallow grave then exhumed and disposed of head and rest of body separately in nzountains — appellant thereafter craftily giving out deceased still alive — appellant displaying no #### __Related documents ▲ To the top >