Two individuals, Ancelimo Musengi, also known as Norman Sithole, aged 47, hailing from Velapezi Farm in Epworth, and Walter Mapfumo, aged 36, from Dera Village in St John’s Chikwaka, have been apprehended in connection with a series of armed robberies in and around Harare.
According to Detective Inspector Rachel Muteweri, spokesperson for the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), the arrest of Musengi and Mapfumo has led to the resolution of 35 robbery cases. As a result, Musengi has been sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in prison.
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The criminal activities of Musengi and Mapfumo spanned from January 2023 to February 2024. The two, operating as opportunistic criminals, targeted victims who had slowed down, stopped, or encountered vehicle breakdowns at corner Delpot along Seke Road. Armed with iron bars, catapults, and an Okapi knife, they would ambush unsuspecting individuals, robbing them of their valuables.
In another story, A 30-year-old man, identified as Prosper Bhule, has been sentenced to 232 years in jail by a magistrate in Bulawayo. This comes after he was found guilty of committing 18 counts of rap3 against teenage girls in the city between December 2018 and March 2022.
The sentence was handed down by the Tredgold Regional Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
According to the National Prosecuting Authority, Bhule targeted his victims when they were alone at home, on their way to school, or running errands….read in full