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Crime Reporter FUGITIVE Gweru murder suspect Peter Dube, wanted by police for allegedly shooting three people dead and injuring his second wife in 2021, following a misunderstanding on allegations of adultery is expected to be extradited to the country today. Dube who has been on the run was arrested in Mozambique after being deported from […]
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Crime Reporter EIGHT suspected cattle rustlers, including three women, have been arrested in Kadoma area and police recovered 41 cattle during a crackdown against stock theft. Of the four arrested, two of them were a man and his son who were targeting farmers in and around Kadoma. In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka-Court Correspondent Two men who allegedly kidnapped a 24-year-old man and sexually assaulted him, have appeared in court. Lionel Chipunza (40), who is employed at New Start HIV Testing Centre, and Edwin Geni (35), who is self-employed, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mr Donald Ndirowei charged with kidnapping and aggravated indecent assault. Only the […]
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Court Correspondent Pastor Peter Rego, a chaplin at Philadelphia Academy has appeared in court for allegedly selling a car he had hired. Rego was remanded out of custody to April 11 when he appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi charged with theft of trust property. The State alleged that between November 2022 and January […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent THE State yesterday objected to the release on bail of five suspected hitmen hired from South Africa to kill a Zimbabwean businessman. The five were allegedly hired by an associate of the businessman after he failed to refund US$800 000 that had been advanced to him to pay for liquid gas tankers […]
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Crime Reporter Police in Harare are investigating the drowning of an 18-month-old child in a well in Tafara while the mother was attending a church service. The body was taken to hospital for post mortem. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi urged parents to put their children’s safety first. Meanwhile police in Bulawayo are […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Harare magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje has deferred to April 10 the matter for two men from Karoi and a Chinese national who allegedly made arrangements for marrying off three underage girls to China by fraudulently acquiring travelling documents for them. Chen Dehu (39), Joseph Rabson (44) and Shame Mafido (47) are […]
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Crime Reporter An 18-month-old toddler drowned in an unprotected well in Tafara, while the mother was attending a church service. Police have since launched investigations into the case. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident. “The ZRP is investigating a sad incident which occurred at a church on March 30, 2024, in […]
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Crime Reporter A motorist lost nearly US$18 000 from daily sales to three thieves who snatched a satchel containing the cash at a hiking spot in Bulawayo, last week. Investigations revealed that three suspects, who were touting at the hitchhiking spot, confronted the motorist before snatching the satchel from the vehicle. National police spokesperson Assistant […]
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Fidelis Munyoro-Chief Court Reporter Former Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Petronella Kagonye was properly convicted by a regional magistrate of diverting 20 laptops donated by Potraz to schools in her constituency and the effective 16-month sentence she served was a correct decision, the Supreme Court ruled when it rejected her final appeal against […]
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Yeukai Karengezeka–Court Correspondent A CHINESE national who allegedly defrauded a man of US$200 000 in a money transfer deal, has appeared in court. Li Bowen, also known as Robert (33), appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa charged with fraud. He was admitted to US$500 bail and returns to court on April 30. Prosecuting, […]
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Crime Reporter Another 19 drug dealers have been sentenced to community service or received heavy fines in the latest blitz against the vice. In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said police were continuing to name and shame drug lords and suppliers, a policy that saw lists published on January 22 and […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Harare City Council’s principal engineer for road maintenance in the Department of Works, Albert Madanha, who is facing allegations of assaulting Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) officers and of forging documents to obtain land, spent the Easter holiday in custody after his bail ruling was deferred to tomorrow. The ZACC officers had […]
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Crime Reporter A was man was axed to death by four accomplices after being accused of stealing a cellphone during a beer-drinking spree in Shangani. Police are still investigating the incident which happened on March 27. In a statement, national police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said: “Police in Fort Rixon are investigating a case […]
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent A suspected serial car thief who hired two cars using fake identity details before disappearing with them appeared in court last week. Batsirai Mhungu (44) was facing two counts of theft of motor vehicles when he appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Donald Ndirowei last week and was remanded in custody to […]