Bulawayo Kombi Driver & Tout Abduct 2 Cops And Assault Them Along Bulawayo-Plumtree Road

Bulawayo Kombi Driver & Tout Abduct 2 Cops  And Assault  Them Along Bulawayo-Plumtree Road

A KOMBI driver allegedly beat up a cop who had arrested him for eluding a police roadblock in Bulawayo.Terrance Zulu, 23, of Emganwini suburb, yesterday pleaded not guilty to assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest. Western Commonage magistrate Tancy Dube heard how Zulu teamed up with a tout, who was not named in court, to assault Adonia Musinachirevo, 28. Dube remanded Zulu out of custody to March 9. The court heard that sometime last…

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China Based , Zim Air Force Captain (24) Spent US$6,000 Caring For Non-Existent Figtree Baby

AN officer with the Air Force of Zimbabwe was allegedly swindled of about $6,000 by his girlfriend after she faked a pregnancy. Jacqueline Dube, 21, of Figtree, allegedly connived with her mother and brother to dupe her now ex-boyfriend Captain Ncube, 24, of Bulawayo’s Pumula suburb. A court heard how Dube and her family received money for preparation, birth and upkeep of the non-existent baby. The family allegedly sent pictures of a baby, whose identity was…

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Gwanda Pair, Each Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Raping 12 Year Old Girl At Oakley Block Resettlement

Gwanda Pair, Each Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison For Raping 12 Year Old Girl At Oakley Block Resettlement

TWO Gwanda men have each been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for raping a 12-year-old girl. Melinkosi Ndlovu, 19, and Bhekimpilo Dube, 20, both of Colleen Bawn area pleaded not guilty to rape. However, regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza convicted them due to overwhelming evidence. They will each serve an effective four years imprisonment after the magistrate suspended three years of the sentence for five years on condition that they will not commit a similar offence…

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Man Who Tied A Donkey To A Tree And Raped It, Sentenced To 12 Months In Jail

Man Who Tied A Donkey To A Tree And Raped It, Sentenced To 12 Months In Jail

“I resorted to bestiality to quench my sexual appetite because I don’t have a girlfriend,” said Munyaradzi Chidhani, 24, drawing guffaws from the gallery. Mwenezi resident Magistrate Honest Musiiwa convicted Chidhani of Magodhonge Village under Chief Chitanga, on his own plea of guilty to bestiality. He sentenced him to 12 months in jail for the offence and suspended four months for five years on condition of good behaviour. The magistrate commuted the remaining eight months…

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UK :Vapostori Parents Jailed After Baby Dies Because Of Extreme Religious Beliefs

UK :Vapostori Parents Jailed  After Baby  Dies  Because Of  Extreme Religious Beliefs

AN ’emaciated’ baby died after her parents left her in the care of a churchgoer with ‘supernatural healing powers’ because their extreme religious beliefs banned modern medicine. Brian Kandare, 29, was jailed nine and half years and Precious Kandare, 37, was sentenced to eight years in prison  after admitting the manslaughter of eight-month-old Rebecca, who died from pneumonia in January last year. She stopped breathing at her parents’ Apostolic Church of God, where a 20-strong congregation…

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Jailed Robert Martin Gumbura, Smuggled 960 ‘Bricks’ Of Cigarettes Into Prison

Jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who had bodyguards and a secretary in prison, allegedly smuggled 960 bricks of cigarettes into Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, the court heard yesterday. During cross-examination, a State witness Claudius Mutizwa told the court that Gumbura had a large corner, a base where he stayed with his bodyguards and a secretary, David Mwanjira. “Gumbura’s secretary used to record everything that he received,” said Mutizwa. Asked by Gumbura’s…

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Pathisa Nyathi Fined US$500 For Causing The Death Of His Passenger In Accident

HISTORIAN Pathisa Nyathi was yesterday fined US$500 for causing the death of a passenger when his car rammed into a tree in December last year. Nyathi, a director of Amagugu International Culture Centre in Matobo District, was involved in an accident along the Bulawayo-Kezi Road on a rainy day in December and his employee, Tha Lunga, whom he was travelling with, was seriously injured and died hours later at Natisa Clinic. Plumtree magistrate Livard Philemon…

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Man And Accomplices Murder Unknown Man, Fakes Own Death, Swindles Old Mutual

Man And Accomplices Murder Unknown Man, Fakes Own Death, Swindles Old Mutual

  A ZIMBABWE Electricity Distribution and Transmission Company (ZETDC) employee allegedly killed an unknown man and faked his own death before swindling Old Mutual Funeral Services of $70 000, a Harare Magistrates’ Court has heard. David Garudza appeared before magistrate Mr Elijah Makomo today facing charges of murder, fraud and unlawful possession of a firearm. He will be back in court on Friday after the court granted the police a warrant of further detention to…

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18 Months UK Jail For Mum Who Took Twins(2) To ‘Zimbabwe’ In Defiance Of Court Order

18 Months UK Jail  For Mum Who Took Twins(2) To ‘Zimbabwe’ In Defiance Of Court Order

A MOTHER who took her twin daughters out of the United Kingdom to Zimbabwe in defiance of a court order was starting an 18-month jail sentence Thursday. The woman – a well-educated professional with a responsible job from Wolverhampton – secretly got passports for the two-year-old girls and took them on a flight to Zimbabwe. Police were tipped off too late to stop the trio leaving the UK but got a message to the relevant…

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