CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) senior official Tendai Biti, who was on trial facing assault charges, was yesterday found guilty of the charge by a Harare magistrate. He was arrested in November 2020 after he verbally assaulted Russian national Tatiana Aleshina outside a courtroom at the Harare Magistrate’s Court. During the trial, the State led…

THE George Emmanuel International School director in Nyabira Mashonaland West Province who kidnapped a contractor last year and forced him to perform labour at his home, has been found guilty of the charge. Leonard Chiwaya, 56, appeared before Harare magistrate Caroline Matanga facing charges of kidnapping and assault. Chiwaya stood accused of kidnapping Tinotenda Sephani…

TWO men who were arrested in 2021 after being accused of assaulting a man who later fell into a river and drowned, have been acquitted at the High Court. Mncedisi Ncube and Mbongeni Nkala were facing murder charges when they appeared before High Court judge Justice David Mangota. During their trial, the judge heard that…

A CARJACKER, who stole a taxi he had hired from Mbare to Ardbennie in Harare, has been sentenced to seven years in prison. Prosper Moyo, who was arrested in September last year and charged with theft of a vehicle, appeared before Harare magistrate Themba Kuwanda.The State told the court that the accused approached the complainant,…

A MAN, who operates a car sale in central Harare, has been dragged to court after he allegedly defrauded three clients a total of US$9 300 last year in botched vehicle deals. Albert Muremo, 50, popularly known as Pastor Gwenzi, stands accused of two counts of fraud and one count of theft of trust property.He…

A FORMER soldier, who allegedly assaulted his wife until she filed for a divorce, has appeared in court facing charges of setting his former sister-in-law’s car on fire accusing her of being behind his marriage failure. Emmanuel Muzeza, 40, of Sebhanga Extension, Shurugwi, Midlands Province, now stands accused of malicious damage to property.He appeared before…

TWO Mudzi brothers and their accomplice have been found guilty at the High Court for assaulting a man to death at a local shopping centre, accusing him of stealing a mobile phone. After killing Tungamirai Munyangwa, whom they had met outside a bar, brothers Clever, Trymore Mudzengerere, and their friend, Freddy Gireya, all of Chamburuka…

LAST week was not short of court stories that kept the public entertained and shocked. Daily News On Sunday Senior Writer Nyasha Dube has compiled some of the court cases that were heard before several courts across the country last week. In Zvishavane, Midlands Province, a local villager, Tinodakufa Hove, was sentenced to 54 years…

TWO suspected robbers are alleged to have broken into a house in Churu Farm, Harare wielding a knife early this week before attempting to snatch a nine-month-old baby from its mother, a local magistrate heard yesterday. Brian Mugwagwa and Tapiwanashe Taendesa, both aged 28, were arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi, who remanded them in custody…