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Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter The Zimbabwe Republic Police has widened investigations into a case in which four raffle ticket books for the Commissioner General of Police’s Funfair were stolen at Harare Central Police Station on Tuesday.
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Sheillah Mapani Herald Reporter Old Mutual Insurance Company Private Limited is suing one of its insurance agents for stealing more than $40 000 that was paid for insurance cover. Francis Motsi appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs Josephine Sande yesterday facing charges of theft of trust property.
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter The eight-year-long land dispute pitting Chitungwiza South legislator Cde Christopher Chigumba and a housing co-operative has been put to rest after the High Court upheld the businessman’s title to the land.
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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Former Bikita West parliamentarian Munyaradzi Kereke’s appeal against both conviction and sentence for raping an underage girl was on Tuesday deferred to a later date.
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Crime Reporter A 38-YEAR-OLD policeman who allegedly insulted chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba by labelling her “an idiot” for not condemning public lawlessness, has been suspended from duty.
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Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Three police officers who connived with three civilians —two of whom are father and son — to rob an Indian investor of $56 000 at a fake roadblock in Belvedere, Harare, were on Monday sentenced to an effective three years in jail each.
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Chipo Sabeta in Chinhoyi A Murombedzi man was caught sexually abusing a dog belonging to a local businessman in the kitchen. Tapiwa Mwinga (34) has since appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Ms Letwin Rwodzi.
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Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Bureau POLICE have launched a nationwide clampdown on illegal meat vendors and backyard food outlets as part of measures to fight livestock theft. The operation, codenamed “Eradicate Street/Open Air Meat and Food Vendors”, was first launched in Harare and Bulawayo, where police arrested 340 offenders and closed down 13 butcheries and confiscated 458kg of […]
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Victor Maphosa Herald Reporter A Harare man appeared in court on Tuesday for allegedly stabbing a Hatcliffe rival over a sex worker. Ephraim Gumbo (26) appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Elisha Singano facing attempted murder charges.
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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A robber who broke into a tuckshop where the female shopkeeper was sleeping and stole all the goods before raping her twice at knife point, was yesterday sentenced to an effective 19 years in jail.
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Victor Maphosa Herald Reporter A Domboshava man and his colleague were yesterday fined $100 each or four months in prison for illegal possession of a tortoise. Zhuwawu Kahuni (36) and Wilbert Tafirenyika were convicted due to overwhelming evidence when they appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Nomsa Sabarauta .
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Freedom Mupanedemo Midlands Bureau A man from Somabula, outside Gweru, allegedly used a wire to secure from outside, the door of a hut in which his mother and two siblings were sleeping and set it on fire in the dead of the night.
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Court Reporter An official in the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs in charge of exhibits at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts allegedly stole various exhibits which included $990 and fake United States dollars.
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Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Musician Fungisai Zvakavapano was yesterday fined $200 for negligent driving. Zvakavapano (36) caused a road traffic accident when she drove too close to a vehicle and failed to manoeuvre while overtaking.
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Crime Reporter INTERPOL secretary-general Dr Jürgen Stock says member countries need to come up with an international response to regional and international crime threats, as the organisation prepares to hold its 86th General Assembly.