Lupane man (32) who axed a defenceless old man causing multiple lacerations, a fractured skull, 6 lost teeth and swelling and burnt him, jailed 7yrs

Lupane man (32) who axed a defenceless old man causing multiple lacerations, a fractured skull, 6 lost teeth and swelling and burnt him, jailed 7yrs

  A MAN from Lupane who visited a neighbour’s home and took some beer, drank it without the owner’s consent before assaulting him when he complained has been slapped with an effective five-year jail term for attempted murder. Mehluli Ndlovu (32) pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared before Hwange regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga on Thursday last week. The magistrate convicted and sentenced him to seven years in jail. Two years were suspended…

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‘TWO Bulawayo prophets strangled Police Assistant Inspector, in Khami in a promised cleansing before stealing his car,’

  TWO self-proclaimed Bulawayo prophets allegedly ganged up and strangled their client, a police Assistant Inspector, in a bushy area where they had taken him to “cleanse him of evil spirits” before robbing him of a car, $200, a laptop and two smart phones, a High Court judge heard yesterday. Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Francis Bere heard this when Patrick Matikiti (26) of Sauerstown and Assurance Moyo (23) of Lobengula West appeared before him…

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