Getaway car catches fire
Crime Reporter TWO suspected copper cable thieves were recently arrested after their getaway car caught fire during a high-speed chase along Harare-Nyamapanda Road. The two were fleeing the police...
View ArticleMan jailed for life for burning ex with petrol
Masvingo High Court judge Justice Garainesu Mawadze has sentenced a Gutu man to life imprisonment after he doused his ex-girlfriend with petrol for dumping him.
View ArticleEx-Zinara board chair’s case postponed
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board chairman Albert Mugabe’s case of criminal abuse of office was postponed last week as the witness, Chenai Chiketsani, was not available due to...
View ArticleGame meat lands Chirundu man in trouble
A Chirundu man has been asked by the court to pay $700 fine or face four months in prison after he was found guilty of selling game meat.
View ArticleSuspected armed robber arrested
Police have arrested one of the five suspects who robbed a Beitbridge foreign currency dealer of over half a million rand and US$4 500 and took off with his car after shooting him eight times.
View ArticleMan in the dock for defrauding firm US$5m
A 35-year-old Harare businessman yesterday appeared in court for allegedly defrauding Axia Cooperation Limited of nearly US$5 million.
View ArticleBarwick teacher in the dock
Lawrence Chitumba Correspondent A Barwick Primary School teacher was on Tuesday hauled before a Guruve magistrate to answer charges of performing indecent acts with a young person. This follows...
View ArticleUPDATED: Killer pilot jailed 20 years
THE Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) pilot who fatally assaulted his Gweru-based girlfriend last year for allegedly cheating on him with his colleague was yesterday sentenced to an effective 20 years in jail.
View ArticleTeacher impregnates Grade 7 pupil
A primary school teacher from Kwekwe has appeared in court after he allegedly impregnated a 13-year-old pupil with whom he had an affair with for over a year.
View ArticleThree nabbed for wildlife-related crimes
Police have arrested three people found in possession of a pangolin, python skin, zebra meat and two hides from a serval and civet cat in separate incidents countrywide.
View ArticleCop, four others in court for robbery
A suspected police officer and his four accomplices who masqueraded as passengers and a taxi driver, have been arraigned on allegations of robbing six unsuspecting passengers and an airtime vendor in...
View Article2 jailed for stealing jack-hammer
TWO men yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing a jack-hammer worth $18 000 at a gold mine in Odzi and were each sentenced to six months in jail.
View ArticleJUST IN: Man arrested for ritual murder
A Masvingo man, who allegedly killed a two-year-old boy before mutilating the body for suspected ritual purposes, has been arrested.
View ArticleAnother top Govt official arrested
Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations and Special Reports Editor FORMER Director of State Residences Douglas Tapfuma has been arrested for criminal abuse of office after he allegedly imported a fleet of...
View ArticleMan dies following attack along a footpath
A 41-YEAR-old man died on Tuesday after he was attacked on a footpath in Newengo Village.
View Article34kg ivory lands trio in court
Three men yesterday appeared in court after they were caught in possession of 34kg of ivory worth RTGS$51 514, 14 without a licence or documents.
View ArticleSuspected copper cable thieves arrested
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested six men for allegedly stealing electricity cables and equipment worth thousands of dollars.
View ArticleRapist dad slapped with 26yr jail term
A Kadoma man has been jailed 26 years for raping his two daughters, aged six and eight, while his son watched between December 2017 and May last year.
View ArticleAmbulances linked to Tapfuma seized
Michael Magoronga Midlands Correspondent The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has impounded two Kwekwe City Council ambulances for circumventing import tax, as investigations into the tax fraud...
View Article9 years jail for keeping snakes
A Beatrice man was on Friday sentenced to an effective nine years in jail after he was convicted for possessing four live snakes and a yellow-throated lizard.
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