A WOMAN unknowingly gave away US$640 to an alleged conman, a Harare magistrate heard on Thursday last week. The suspected fraudster, Innocent Zhangazha, 24, appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda who remanded him in custody pending the determination of his bail application. The court heard that on June 15 this year, the complainant who was not…
ANOTHER man from Mabvuku, who is believed to have assaulted a suspected thief, has appeared before the Harare Magistrate’s Court. Anymore Gora, 26, who was arrested on June 21, appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Thursday, and was charged with murder before being remanded in custody. Chibanda then instructed him to apply for bail at…
TWO Harare men have been remanded in custody after they allegedly hacked into a local bank’s system, plotting to steal cash from the financial institution, but were arrested before carrying out the heist. Tizirai Blessing Mudarikwa, 38, who is unemployed, and Leeroy Rueben Murera, 27, who was employed as a bank teller, are facing a…
LAWYERS representing four University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have put the State on notice, telling the court that they would file an application for refusal of further remand if they were not provided with a trial date on their next remand hearing. Emmanuel Sitima, 24, Comfort Mpofu, 22, Tawanda Watadza, 24, and Lionel Wadamombe have…
A HARARE magistrate yesterday convicted and sentenced Itai Makombe to perform community service following his arrest early this month, after he allegedly parked his car at an intersection of busy roads and started shouting at passing motorists. When he made his initial appearance in court on June 7, Makombe pleaded guilty to two separate charges…
A MAN from Borrowdale, Harare, has appeared before a magistrate’s court after he allegedly sold his girlfriend’s car that she had given to him for safekeeping. Witness Chinemo, 42, and his accomplice, Nesbert Mutengezana, 38, appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Tuesday facing a charge of theft of trust property. The duo were granted $350…
A WOMAN in Epworth, Harare, has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing attempted murder charges after she allegedly stabbed her husband in the head following a heated argument. Imagine Masiye, 25, appeared before magistrate Taurai Manuwere yesterday and was remanded in custody. She will return to court on Friday for her bail application….
A MAN from Borrowdale, Harare, has appeared before a magistrate’s court after he allegedly sold his girlfriend’s car that she had given to him for safekeeping. Witness Chinemo, 42, and his accomplice, Nesbert Mutengezana, 38, appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Tuesday facing a charge of theft of trust property. The duo were granted $350…
A STATE witness in the trial of former Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior member Job Sikhala on Tuesday told a Harare magistrate that he did not see Maiko throwing a stone that hit a Zanu PF supporter on the head as alleged. The duo is facing disorderly conduct charges…
A WOMAN from Kuwadzana in Harare has appeared in court after she received US$1 000 from her cousin to secure her son’s placement to study for a laboratory technician course at Chitungwiza hospital. Rumbidzai Ashley Matondo, 31, appeared before magistrate Munashe Chibanda yesterday, where she was facing a charge of fraud and was remanded out…
