21-year-old Gokwe man who fatally axed five people and two cows in one night has been spared jail life after the High Court ruled that he was mentally ill when he committed the crimes in March last year. 21-year-old man who axed 5 people and 2 cows to death in 1 night escapes jail. Christopher Gotore of Chimombe village, Marapira area under Chief Jiri was staying at his sister Ms Patience Gotore’s marital home in Marangana, Lusulu in Binga when he committed the crimes On March 6 around 8PM last year, Gotore armed himself with an axe and proceeded to a neighbour Admire Nyangarai’s home where he struck him before setting a bedroom hut on fire. Nyangarai’s wife Bibeat Munsaka (23) fled with her daughter Loice Compassion Nyangarai aged one year on her back but Gotore
A 13-year-old boy commits suicide over washing powder raw with his sister. Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Inspector Milton Mundembe confirmed the incident. A 13-year-old boy from Mushumbi Pools committed suicide after a misunderstanding with his 21-year-old sister over washing powder. “On March 6 around 0600hrs, at Gumbo village, Chief Chitsungo, Howard Kanyepa (13) was reprimanded by his sister Gracious Kanyepa (21) over washing powder,” Mundembe said. This angered Howard, who went to his bedroom hut where he took a bottle of cotton pesticide and went into a nearby bush where he drank the pesticide. Gracious alerted their father. A search was conducted and Howard’s corpse was found in the nearby bush.
TM Pick n Pay $22m fraud masterminds were on the police wanted list since 2008. Police are anxious to interview Banda, and his sidekick Ronald Mudzingwa. Two other alleged accomplices inside TM Pick n Pay, Tonderai Selesio Chagweda (28) and Wellington Jombe (34), who were arrested were brought to court on Thursday. They were granted bail of $50 000 each yesterday. The suspected mastermind behind the $22 million fraud at TM Pick n Pay through its account at Steward Bank, Moses January Banda, has been on police wanted list since 2008 for multiple fraud cases but has continually slipped away although his alleged accomplices, as in the present case, frequently end up in handcuffs and in court. Chagweda and Jombe were facing fraud charges when they appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Richar
Chaos as man kills brother using a family gun and buries the body in the backyard. According to the police, the suspect shot the victim with a firearm belonging to the family and then concealed the offence by secretly burying the body in a shallow grave within the yard. The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Borrowdale, Harare are in investigating a suspected murder case that occurred sometime in January 2021 in Borrowdale, where a man (32) allegedly murdered his brother (30). The offence came to light after the suspect had been involved in a road accident and confessed. Meanwhile, the body of the victim was exhumed and sent to the hospital for a post-mortem with the firearm and shovel used in the crime being recovered from a secret place. Meanwhile, police in Bindura is investigating
Father and son beaten to death over a donkey misunderstanding fight. Midlands provincial police spokesperson Inspector Emmanuel Mahoko confirmed the death of Helken Ncube and his son Khulekani from Mudzingwa Village under Chief Malisawho were allegedly assaulted to death by three brothers from the Moyo family over donkey theft. Instant justice turned fatal when two men were fatally assaulted for allegedly stealing three donkeys sometime in December last year. Inspector Mahoko said investigations were underway and suspects were in police custody. It is said that on February 28 at around 1700 hours, the now-deceased were at Bhaparara Business Centre where they were confronted by the Moyo brothers Lee, Moffat and Mpilo. The Moyo brothers allegedly accused the now deceased of stealing th
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has released a statement stating that some of the remains they retrieved were actually slain Murehwa boy Tapiwa Makore’s remains. The remains were part of the several skulls that were recovered from Tapiwa Makore Senior’s toilet last December as ZRP intensified their search for the missing body parts. In a statement released by ZRP, the police said they have notified Tapiwa Makore’s family of the results of the DNA: ZRP PRESS STATEMENT 10 MARCH 2021 UPDATE ON LATE TAPIWA MAKORE DNA RESULTS The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms that communication has been made with the late Tapiwa Makore’s family in connection with the DNA results which were conducted by AIBST DNA Testing Centre and National University of Science and Techno
Vincent Mubaiwa (38) of Plot 8 Mucherengi, Mhangura was found guilty of domestic violence by Chinhoyi provincial magistrate Lisa Mutendereki. Man heavily bashes wife for giving her mother a bottle of cooking oil. A Mhangura man has been jailed for bashing his wife over cooking oil. Magistrate Mutendereki sentenced him to 18 months in prison, of which six were suspended for five years. He will, thus, serve an effective 12 months in jail. Prosecuting, Tinoziva Chipupuri, told the court that at around 3am on February 5, Mubaiwa got home from the beerhall and entered their bedroom where he assaulted his wife accusing her of wasting food. Edith Tinani (34) was bashed for giving her mother a bottle of cooking oil. Following the assault, Edith was now sleeping in her mother’s hu
Greendale H00KER Precious Teya says a 13-year-old boy behaved like an adult. Lawyers for Precious Teya, 26, say she had no way of knowing that the alleged victim was a minor because of his appearance. A s.e.x worker accused of sleeping with a 13-year-old boy she met on a dating website has launched a bail appeal at the High Courtarguing that the person she bedded behaved like a grown-up man. The lawyers also say the prosecution has failed to provide the boy’s birth certificate proving his age. Justice Tawanda Chitapi will hear Teya’s appeal against denial of bail by a magistrate last week. Her lawyer Moses Nyatsoma said: “The charges have been changed for the third time. She is now being charged with aggravated indecent assault, which to me shows how flimsy
MDC Alliance national vice chairperson, Job Sikhala who is facing charges of inciting public violence will spend another night in prison after his bail ruling was deferred to this Tuesday. This comes after state witness Detective Assistant Inspector Victor Mukohwa who took to the Witness stand at the request of the accused said Sikhala is not a good candidate for bail since he has two other pending cases which are under investigation. Evidence from video clips of the alleged crime were also produced with the investigating officer telling the court that Sikhala was supposed to avail himself to the police not through his legal representative. Sikhala was arrested last week on allegations of inciting the public violence through illegal demonstrations. However, Sikhala is opposing
Multimillionaire trucker businessman Sam "Mshengu" Chabalala has gone missing and has sent his wife and some of his employees a "suicide note", claiming that his life was in danger. Sources in the Hawks said the note, which he apparently sent to his wife on March 3, Chabalala said he never wronged anyone and does not know what he has done to "deserve this". Chabalala is a wanted man after a warrant of arrest was issued for him on Friday when he failed to appear in the Witbank magistrate's court in connection with charges of corruption, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition, illegal entry and remaining within the borders of SA, and providing false information to be granted entry into the country. He was out on R200,000 bail, which was gran
