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Dad fakes son’s death to claim funeral cover

A KUWADZANA man was slapped with a fine of $15 000 and four months suspended jail sentence for faking his son’s death in a bid to claim $300 000 funeral assurance fund. Aaron Chimutashu, 40, pleaded guilty to fraud allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Caroline Matanga. He was spared jail, but will spend…

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Man jailed 12 years for rape

A HARARE man will effectively serve 12 years in jail after he was convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl in a bush at night. Richard Komichi, 35, was initially slapped with 15 years’ imprisonment before three were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour. The court heard that on January 9, at around…

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Portia Manangazira trial date set

SUSPENDED director of epidemiology and disease control in the Health ministry, Portia Manangazira, who was arrested on corruption charges, will stand trial on April 5. Charges against Manangazira emanate from allegedly violating procurement procedures in acquiring goods and services worth over US$280 000 for use in raising awareness against the Covid-19 pandemic and also facilitating…

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State pushes for Marry’s trial

THE State is pushing to have the trial against Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, in which she is accused of assaulting his maid, Delight Munyoro, opened. The trial had been set for yesterday, but had to be postponed to February 22 as her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa had other engagements  at the High Court and the…

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Land developer freedom bid fails

LAND baron Felix Munyaradzi’s freedom bid suffered a setback after a Harare court allowed the State to withdraw a concession they had…

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US$2,7m bank heist robber’s wife, uncle jailed

THE wife of a suspect who allegedly participated in the US$2,7 million ZB Bank heist has been jailed having been used by her husband to clean his share of the loot by buying two houses in Masvingo. Revai Muza, 33, wife to Andrew Zigara who was allegedly part of the heist, was slapped with five…

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Job Sikhala ConCourt bid fails

PARLIAMENTARIAN Job Sikhala, last week suffered a setback after a Harare court threw out his application for referral to the Constitutional Court. Sikhala is accused of publishing falsehoods prejudicial to the State emanating from a post he allegedly made on Facebook involving a scuffle between a cop and a woman. It was alleged the cop…

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