CITIZEN Coalition for Change (CCC) senior member Tendai Biti, who was recently convicted of assault, has filed an appeal at the High Court. Biti was convicted of assault last month and sentenced to pay a fine of US$300. Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro found the former Finance minister guilty of verbally assaulting Russian national Tatiana Aleshina…
A HARARE woman, who allegedly helped her uncle to rape a 14-year-old girl who had come to their home seeking a job, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Mercy Ruvarashe Munhenga, 30, was arraigned before magistrate Donald Ndirowei facing charges of procuring with the intent of engaging in sexual intercourse and assault before she…
RECENTLY convicted, former Croco Motors parts manager Joseph Matinyarare and receiving clerk Stephen Chafachaipa have been sentenced to 840 and 490 hours of community service respectively by a Harare magistrate. The two were convicted of fraud last month by magistrate Ngoni Nduna for stealing auto parts worth $107 484 633 between 2016 and 2020. In…
A PRESIDENTIAL amnesty beneficiary, Oliver Rimai, who was recently rearrested after stealing two mobile phones, has been acquitted on one count of theft, but is set to stand trial for robbing a motorist an iPhone. He once made headlines after stealing from former deputy chief magistrate Bianca Makwande before he was arrested in February this…
A MBARE man, who was arrested over the festive season last year for selling alcohol to children under the age of 18, has been convicted and sentenced to two years in prison. Phaeton Mutiyaya, 23, appeared before Mbare magistrate Batanai Madzingira where he was charged with selling liquor to minors and operating a shop without…
FORMER Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala, who was yesterday acquitted of inciting public violence, says he intends to sue the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the police for damages over his incarceration. He spent nearly two years in pre-trial detention before he was yesterday found not guilty of inciting public violence by Harare magistrate Vongai…
A LAWYER, who is being accused of attaining her practicing certificate by using forged conversion certificates, has returned to court after she was accused of attempting to intimidate State witnesses. Linda Kovi, who was arrested by the Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc) officers last week on charges of obstruction of justice, appeared before Harare magistrate Donald…
THREE robbery suspects who targeted students from Bulawayo Polytechnic College have appeared in court facing robbery charges. Last Moyo, 26, from Nketa 7, Arnold Mlilo, 29, of Lobengula West, and Mthandazo Mpofu, 32, from Nkulumane yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube. They pleaded not guilty and were remanded out of custody to March 29…
THE late former Chinese army general and military strategist, Sun Tzu, once remarked that “the wheels of justice grind slow, but grind fine”. This aptly describes the case of serial rapist, Prosper Bhule who was sentenced to serve 232 years in prison at Tredgold Magistrates Court in Bulawayo last week. Bhule was arrested after terrorising…
FOUR teenagers have been charged with rape after they allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl while at a birthday party in Harare. The accused include two minors, aged 14 and 16, Tapiwanashe Marufu, 19, and Tapiwa Mlambo, 18, who were arraigned before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei yesterday. The two minors were placed into…
