Crime & Court Articles

Mpofu, Chimombe Jailed 15 and 12 Years for $7m Goat Scheme Scandal

Johnson Progress Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe have been sentenced to 15 and 12 years in prison respectively, for their involvement in a US$7 million fraud scandal related to the Presidential Goat Scheme. According to a court ruling that was handed to them today,...

Mpofu and Chimombe Face 20-Year Jail Term for $7m Goat Scheme Scandal

Johnson Progress High Court Justice Pisirayi Kwenda has ruled that the presumptive starting point for sentencing Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe is 20 years imprisonment, citing aggravating circumstances surrounding the fraud case. According to Justice Kwenda, the...

Madzibaba Ishmael Convicted of Raping Minor, Faces 15-Year Prison Term

Vongai Masuka Apostolic sect leader Ishmael Chokurongerwa, popularly known as Madzibaba Ishmael, was convicted yesterday of raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl. This is an offense for which he faces a minimum sentence of 15 years in jail. The conviction, handed...

Man Remanded in Custody After Attacking Wife with Acid

Vongai Masuka A 30-year-old Kwekwe man has been remanded in custody after allegedly soaking his wife with sulphuric acid following a domestic misunderstanding. Shakemore Manyepa has appeared before the Kwekwe Magistrates’ Court after his arrest following the incident,...