Harare Magistrate Jails, Man (38) For Nine Years For Possession Of A Pangolin

Harare Magistrate Jails, Man (38) For Nine Years  For Possession  Of A Pangolin

A HARARE magistrate on Wednesday sentenced a 38-year-old man to nine years in jail after he was found in possession of a pangolin. Henry Makunde was sent to jail after Harare magistrate Mr Tendai Mahwe ruled that there were no special circumstances. His nephew Desire Murire (19) was sentenced to an effective two years after the magistrate ruled that his age was a special circumstance. Murire, of Maronga Village under Chief Musikavanhu in Chipinge, pleaded…

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Bulawayo Teenager Sentenced To 315 Hours Community Service For Abortion

Bulawayo Teenager Sentenced To  315 Hours  Community Service  For Abortion

  A FEMALE herbalist from Bulawayo is set to stand trial for giving a city woman herbs to terminate her pregnancy.  The two women yesterday appeared at the Western Commonage Court facing a charge of unlawful termination of pregnancy. Gugulethu Ndlovu, 18, who aborted, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a suspended 12 months in prison by Magistrate Themba Chimiso. Three months were suspended on condition that she does not commit a similar offence and…

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(Gokwe Woman (34) Jailed 9 Years For Possession Of Pangolin Skin) Mugabe Is Free After US$15Billion Theft!

(Gokwe Woman (34)  Jailed 9 Years For Possession Of Pangolin Skin) Mugabe Is Free After US$15Billion Theft!

A 34-YEAR-OLD woman from Gokwe has been slapped with a nine-year jail term after she was found in possession of a pangolin skin. Letwin Chari from Mufunguri Village under Chief Chireya in Gokwe was found guilty of possessing a specially protected animal without a permit by Gokwe Magistrate Sithabile Zungula. In passing sentence, Magistrate Zungula said the charge attracted a custodial sentence. “Matters of this nature attract a custodial sentence and you could’ve killed the…

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A Bulawayo And A Gweru Man Who robbed And Raped Women, Are Sentenced To Total 108 Years In Jail

TWO men, one in Bulawayo and another in Gweru, who robbed and raped women, have been sentenced to a total of 108 years in jail. Throwing the book at the rapists, magistrates said they were monsters who deserve to rot in jail. The Bulawayo man, a vagrant, was slapped with a 55-year sentence while the Gweru man was sentenced to 53 years in prison. Tapiwa Matundu used a catapult to incapacitate his six victims in…

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Zimbabwe Soldiers Stumble On 23 Ethiopian illegals, Camping In Kwekwe Redcliff Bush

Zimbabwe Soldiers Stumble On 23 Ethiopian illegals, Camping In Kwekwe Redcliff Bush

TWENTY-THREE illegal Ethiopian immigrants are facing deportation. Soldiers stumbled on the immigrants sleeping in a bush near an army camp in Redcliff. Mulumen Mentose Kelbore, 35, and 22 of his countrymen appeared before Kwekwe Resident Magistrate Taurai Manwere charged with entering the country through an undesignated port of entry. They all pleaded guilty and were remanded in custody to March 9 for sentence. Prosecuting, Moreblessing Gadze told the court that on a date unknown but during…

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Mvuma Circuit Court Accountant Jailed For Forging Two Magistrates Signatures

Mvuma Circuit Court Accountant Jailed For Forging Two Magistrates Signatures

A MVUMA Circuit Court accountant will spend the next two and a half years in jail for forging two magistrates’ signatures on bank slips to withdraw money. Zvishavane Magistrate Tayengwa Sangster sentenced Sungano Kubiku, 36, from Newlands suburb to 42 months in prison. Kubiku pleaded not guilty to two counts of fraud but was convicted due to overwhelming evidence. He will however serve an effective 30 months in prison after 12 months were conditionally suspended. The…

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Police Protection Unit (PPU) Officer, Arrested For Fake Harare Roadbock

A police officer from the Police Protection Unit (PPU) who was arrested for mounting a fake roadblock and extorting $142 from an unsuspecting motorist, has appeared in court facing charges of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer. Kudzanai Kwashirai, 34, appeared before Harare magistrate Elijah Makomo on Thursday and was remanded in custody. Kwashirai’s alleged accomplice Tawanda Nyamutamba is on the run. The prosecutor, Peter Kachirika, said on Tuesday, Bernard Andries Bester, 60, of…

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Bulawayo Man (32) Heavily Assaults Sister In Law (27) With A Hoe Over His Missing US$1

Bulawayo Man (32) Heavily Assaults Sister In Law (27) With A Hoe Over His Missing US$1

A BULAWAYO man allegedly nearly killed his sister-in-law after striking her three times with a hoe for allegedly stealing his US$1. Mehluli Ndebele, 32, struck Sichelesile Nsukwini, 27, with a hoe and she was hospitalised and later discharged as a result of the attack. Ndebele and Nsukwini live at the same house in Matshobana suburb. He appeared before Western Commonage magistrate, Tancy Dube, facing physical abuse charges. He was not asked to plead and was remanded…

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Bulawayo Woman Breaks Down Narrating Cowdray Park Gang Rape To Magistrate

Bulawayo Woman Breaks Down Narrating Cowdray Park Gang Rape To Magistrate

A BULAWAYO woman broke down in court as she narrated how three men gang raped her at knife point, forcing a magistrate to postpone the case. Two of the men, who allegedly cut off her clothes with a knife before taking turns to rape her, appeared in court facing rape and robbery charges. The woman sustained serious injuries after one of the suspects, who is on the run, allegedly savagely kicked her on her private…

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Chirumhanzu Woman (27) Killed Son To Please Third New Husband & Save New Marriage

Chirumhanzu Woman (27) Killed Son To Please Third New Husband & Save New Marriage

Hamandishe, 27, of Ritize Village, headman Chigegwe in Chirumhanzu, said after finding new love earlier this month, she was ordered to surrender her son, Tadiwa Mangoma, to her former husband if she entertained any thought of staying with George Runesu (Jnr) as her husband. Hamandishe told Bulawayo High Court Judge, Justice Martin Makonese, sitting at the Gweru High Court yesterday, that after failing to take her son back to her former husband, she strangled him…

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