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Bribe-taking cops in the dock
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent Three traffic police officers stationed at Mabvuku Police Station appeared in court yesterday for allegedly demanding bribes amounting to $240 from commuter omnibus...
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Ex-wife wants 70pc of hubby’s pension for child upkeep
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter A DISGRUNTLED woman yesterday took her husband to court demanding 70 percent of his pension saying he owes her over $4 000 in maintenance arrears.Memory Gangaidzo told...
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Mangoma acquitted
Mr MangomaFungai Lupande Court Reporter Former Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Steers Mangoma, who was accused of flouting tender procedures during his time in the inclusive Government, was...
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Death row prisoners seek to duck hangman’s noose
Justice MalabaDaniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba, sitting with eight other judges, yesterday deferred to next year the case in which two death-row prisoners — Farai...
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House deal backfires . . . as man loses $90 000 to fraudsters
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent Three alleged fraudsters appeared in court for swindling an unsuspecting man of $90 000 in a botched house deal. Innocent Munyani (45), Tonderai Chakacha (35) and Mike...
View ArticleMunicipal cop in maintenance wrangle
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter A Harare City Council employee was taken to the Harare Civil Court by his wife for neglecting their three-month-old child. Christopher Takaindisa, who is employed as a...
View ArticleGrandpa (77) rapes niece (15)
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent Poor performance at school by a 15-year-old girl in Chitungwiza has unearthed a case of sexual abuse by her 77-year-old uncle three years ago when she was in grade...
View ArticleHubby demands custody of 11-year-old son
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter An estranged couple appeared before the Harare Civil Court yesterday with the husband demanding custody of their 11-year-old son claiming that the child is being exposed to...
View ArticleDitched man strips ex-lover in public
Ivan Zhakata Court Reporter A Harare man is in the habit of beating up his ex-girlfriend and stripping her in public following the woman’s termination of their love affair, the Harare Civil Court has...
View ArticleClub security guard up for murder
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent A security guard at Club Paramount in Chitungwiza who allegedly head-butted a reveller and fatally assaulted him with a baton on the head, appeared in court yesterday...
View ArticleMutoti’s go-between attacked over divorce token, court told
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent— Chitungwiza Mayor Phillip Mutoti’s (pictured right) go-between on Wednesday narrated how he was attacked by the former’s in-laws when he went to give them a token of...
View ArticleUndenge’s maintenance appeal hits snag
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter The lawyer representing Minister of Energy and Power Development Samuel Undenge in a case in which he is contesting the $350 monthly maintenance awarded to his...
View ArticleSix pupils perish, 14 injured in road crash
Midlands Correspondent SIX pupils from Shabanie Primary School perished in a road accident yesterday, while 14 others were seriously injured when a vehicle they were travelling in overturned along the...
View ArticleBogus CIO operatives prey on white farmers
Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter Police are investigating a syndicate masquerading as Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives in Mashonaland Central and West provinces that is reportedly...
View ArticleMDC-T MP up for negligent driving
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter MDC-T legislator Ronia Bunjira appeared in court on Thursday charged with negligent driving after she was involved in an accident which she is alleged to have caused....
View ArticleMbanje grandpa jailed
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent A 64-year-old man, Silas John Karambakura, was on Wednesday sentenced to 18 months in prison for possessing 43,4 kg of mbanje valued at $4 340. Harare magistrate Mr...
View Article12 years for raping mentally ill woman
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent A 23-YEAR-OLD man who raped and impregnated his mentally ill neighbour has been jailed for an effective 12 years. Harare magistrate Mr Hosea Mujaya sentenced Simbai...
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AK-47 robber jailed six years
Bulawayo Bureau A Filabusi man who robbed a shop armed with an AK-47 will serve an effective six years in jail. Gwanda regional magistrate Mr Joseph Mabeza on Friday convicted Judge Sibanda (20) of...
View ArticleLawyer implicated in $15m property scam
Crime Reporter SIX suspects including a Harare lawyer are under investigation on allegations of processing fake or stolen documents to sell 10 flats and other property in Harare worth $15 million...
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Bogus CIOs in dock
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Two suspected armed robbers who allegedly targeted motorists using Borrowdale Road by State House, have appeared in court. Maxwell Dovo (39) and Emmanuel Mayenga (40)...
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