Courts and Crime

Police have arrested a fugitive Chinese fraudster, Zhao Jiaotong, the director of E-Creator, a Ponzi scheme that left several Zimbabweans screaming after duping them of varying amounts of hard cash invested in his enterprise. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed his arrest Thursday. Duped individuals and corporates have …

Saviour Kasukuwere will “fight to the bitter end” to stop his name being removed from presidential candidates for the August 23 election, aides said on Wednesday after he launched an appeal against a High Court decision to disqualify him on the basis that he had been out of the country …

High Court Judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has sentenced Tapiwa Makore’s killers to death following their conviction for the crime of murder after a full trial. Tapiwa Makore Senior (60), connived to murder his seven-year-old nephew with his herd boy Tafadzwa Shamba (40) on the night of September 17, 2020 in …

Zanu PF aspiring MP for Bikita South Energy Mutodi stormed the venue of a Citizens Coalition for Change rally and discharged his gun, according to a police complaint filed by his rival John Mupanduki. The incident happened at Baradzanwa BIC in Bikita on July 6, according to the police report …

The family of a 15-year-old rape victim is threatening legal action after her rapist, 59, was released on amnesty by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Bobby Makaza was sentenced to an effective 16 years in prison by a Murewa court in 2019 over the sex attack on the teenager a year previously. …

Two Chinese nationals were robbed of US$100,000 cash and a handgun after six men stormed their residence in Harare’s Greendale suburb last Friday, police said. Wang Zhou and Feng Zhou, the victims of the attack, reportedly have interests in mining. Police have been told that the huge amount of cash …

Agency Gumbo, a lawyer and CCC official, told the media that it was now time for the regional and international community to step in as the electoral playing field was uneven and favouring Zanu PF and its candidates. “We are at the World Cup, but all our feet are being …

Drax Consult SAGL could be set for a US$11 million payout from the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) after the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a 2019 medical supply contract between the two companies, cancelled by the state-owned company, was still valid. The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Joseph Musakwa, …

The National Prosecuting Authority will appeal to the Supreme Court the acquittal of CCC officials Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri by the High Court in the middle of their criminal trial in a lower court on charges of faking an abduction. The two were on trial before Chief Magistrate Faith …

A 19-year-old Fort Rixon teenager was Sunday stabbed to death allegedly by a 17-year-old juvenile who was reportedly incensed by the deceased’s attempts to stop a brawl he was having with another youth over a 15-year-old girlfriend. Police confirmed Tuesday they were investing the shock incident. “Police in Fort Rixon …