Crime & Court Articles

Bogus ZACC officer jailed 5 months

Gweru - Chinhoyi man who posed as a Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) officer has been sentenced to five months in prison. Ashley Chulungu was convicted of impersonating a peace officer in violation of Section 179 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform)...

Goat and chicken thief finally cornered in Darwendale

For months, farmers in Darwendale lived in fear of a silent visitor who struck under cover of darkness and left their pens empty. That fear ended last Tuesday when a 41-year-old man accused of being behind a string of livestock thefts was arrested. Jackson Milanzi,...

Kwekwe councillor in court for alleged rape of form 4 pupil

A sitting councillor in the Midlands Province has appeared in court accused of raping a Form Four pupil and infecting her with a sexually transmitted infection. Alex Senge, Ward 1 Councillor in Kwekwe, appeared before the Kwekwe Magistrates' Court facing rape charges....

Woman stages fake armed robbery to steal husband’s US$30,000

A 32-year-old woman allegedly connived with her friends to stage a fake armed robbery in which US$30,000 belonging to her husband was 'stolen' from their home. Beauty Muzvondiwa (32) has been arrested along with her suspected accomplices - Loveness Rice (25), Rhoda...