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Cattle smuggling on the increase
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter THE Police National Anti-Stock Theft Unit has expressed concern over an increase in cross border stock-theft as most cattle stolen in Zimbabwe end up being smuggled into...
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Tenant sells landlord’s house
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A tenant connived with a law student and allegedly sold his landlord’s house for $22 400 after manufacturing fake documents in the name of the owner of the house,...
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Schoolboy blows $300 on booze, steals taxi
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A Form Four pupil at Churchill Boys High in Harare hired a taxi before stealing the vehicle after the driver disembarked to look for change at Fife Avenue Shopping...
View ArticleBiggie Tembo’s son in court for theft
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent The late musician Biggie Tembo’s son, named after his father, yesterday appeared in court for selling speakers worth $600 to recover his money after a debtor failed...
View ArticleBogus driving school owner fined
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter The owner of a bogus driving school in Kadoma has been convicted at Kadoma Magistrates’ Court for distributing photocopied Traffic Safety Council of Zimbabwe (TSCZ) Student...
View ArticleMDC-T activist (74) in the dock
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent A 74-year-old Chitungwiza MDC-T member who allegedly sodomised an 11-year-old boy after dragging him into his house, yesterday appeared in court.The man is represented...
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Motorists run over 12 children countrywide
Snr Asst Comm CharambaFreeman Razemba Crime Reporter POLICE say 12 children were run over by cars across the country between December last year and this month.The drivers face culpable homicide charges...
View ArticleChief Negomo impersonator swindles home-seekers
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter A Harare man, Tonderai Chitsinde allegedly masqueraded as Mashonaland Central traditional leader, Chief Negomo, born Luscious Chitsinde and swindled home seekers and...
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Police recover 64 snares
Snr Asst Comm CharambaCrime Reporter Police have expressed concern over rampant cases of poaching after they recovered 64 snares and animal carcasses worth over $11 000 at Buffalo Range Safari in...
View ArticleMan jailed 14 years for raping cousin
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter A 21-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to 14 years in prison for raping his 13-year-old cousin.Harare magistrate Mr Hoseah Mujaya sentenced the man to 17 years but...
View ArticleUN hails Concourt ruling
Ellah Mukwati Herald Reporter The United Nations has welcomed the ruling made by the Constitutional Court on Wednesday outlawing the marriage of persons below the age of 18.In a statement yesterday,...
View ArticleIT boost for courts
Court Reporter The Royal Danish Embassy has donated 130 digital audio recording machines to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) since April last year worth over $900 000 to improve efficiency in the...
View ArticleHubby calls wife ‘a witch’
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter A man gave his wife a thorough hiding for allegedly practising witchcraft and possessing goblins, a Harare Civil Court has heard.Fiona Murisa yesterday told magistrate Mrs...
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End of the road for terror gang . . . 8 robbers locked up for 629 years
“THE GODFATHER” . . . Nqobizitha Ncube“We need to send them away for a very long time so that we send a message to like-minded would-be criminals.” Bulawayo Bureau Eight men who brought terror to the...
View ArticleBoy to receive four strokes for rape
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent The Seke Grade Six pupil who raped his neighbour’s 24-year-old mentally-challenged daughter after inviting her to his house, was last Friday sentenced to receive four...
View ArticleTwo clearing agents nabbed for $40k fraud
Beitbridge Bureau Two Beitbridge-based customs and clearing agents have been arrested in connection with 24 counts of defrauding a local company of $40 000 between May 2013 and January this year.Gift...
View ArticleDad kills son (13) for farting during supper
Masvingo Bureau A Grade Seven Bikita pupil died last Sunday after he was allegedly sjamboked by his father for farting while the family was having supper.Munyaradzi Musavengana (13) of Musavengana...
View ArticleNew twist to ‘Churchill Boys High’ pupil’s case
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter In a new twist, the Form Four pupil who hired a taxi before stealing the vehicle after the driver disembarked to look for change wept uncontrollably in court saying...
View ArticleOK Grand Challenge winner arrested
Bulawayo Bureau Elton Nyathi (23) from Victoria Falls, who last June won a Nissan NP300 at the OK Grand Challenge valued at around $30 000, has been arrested for driving it without a licence.A former...
View ArticleBaby dumped at cemetery
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent A TWENTY-SIX-year-old woman appeared at Mbare magistrates’ court recently accused of dumping her new-born baby at a cemetery.Mercy Madziwa from Waterfalls, Harare, tied...
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