TWO suspected land barons, who were arrested at the weekend for selling council land in Goromonzi, appeared in court yesterday charged with swindling desperate home seekers of US$65 000. Rodgers Pote and Arther Chidenhe appeared before magistrate Shelly Zvenyika charged with fraud after illegally selling residential stands to close to 1 000 people on land…
AMVURWI man will perform 360 hours of community services after he was convicted of forging Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka’s signature to defraud a farm seeker. Bright Murandamaoko was convicted of fraud, before being slapped with a 24-month prison term. Six months of the sentence were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour, while…
A HARARE businessman Trust Chiro, who last Friday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court for allegedly smuggling goods into the country by falsely claiming they were in transit to Zambia, has been granted $50 000 bail. Chiro, who is facing fraud charges, spent the weekend in custody before being freed by magistrate Judith Taruvinga who…
A SUSPECTED member of the notorious Toyota Wish gang that went on a robbing and raping spree of women after offering them transport and pretending to be a member of military police has been arrested. Sam Muropa, aka Gunners, is accused of conniving with two others in attacking some of the women, undressing and forcing…
TWO police officers have been arrested for demanding US$100 from a motorist to release his vehicle after being involved in an accident in Harare. Innocent Gagwi and Langton Zingani were not asked to plead to allegations of criminal abuse of duty as public officers when they recently appeared before Harare magistrate Shane Kubonera. They were…
A HARARE man, who allegedly went on a robbing and raping spree in the Kuwadzana-Crowborough area, has been denied bail by the Harare Magistrate’s Court following his recent arrest. Bessam Mahosi, aka Kudzania Gwaze Ambewe, is alleged to have pounced on different women walking along a paddock in the area before raping and robbing them at…
A KAROI man found himself in trouble after he allegedly bought dozens of rifles from registered dealers using fake firearm certificates. Patrick Chirara, 40, appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with dealing in firearms without a licence. It is alleged that on February 1, 2019, Chirara used fake firearm certificates and bought a…
POLICE are on the hunt for two suspects who recently used a Toyota Wish vehicle to rob and rape two women in separate incidents in the capital. The police have flagged the vehicle which they suspect to be white or silver in colour as being behind a spate of robberies targeting commuters in Harare. This…
A FORMER MDC Alliance councillor for ward 12 in Chitungwiza has appeared in court accused of swindling a house seeker of US$3 800 in a botched residential stand deal. Darlington Musonza allegedly sold an open space to the complaint which was not set for residential purposes. He was not asked to plead to allegations of…
A RUWA drug dealer has been arrested over murder after he allegedly assaulted two men he accused of stealing money, property and crystal meth (mutoriro) from him. One of the assaulted people, Tinotenda Mandiyanike, later died. Masimba Makoto is alleged to be behind the death of Mandiyanike and dumping the body along Bulawayo road after…
