Courts and Crime

The former US police officer charged with the murder of unarmed black man George Floyd has been released from prison on bail.Derek Chauvin posted a $1m (£774,000) bond and was released on Wednesday morning, court records show.The white officer was filmed pressing his knee on Mr Floyd’s neck for almost …

SOCIALITE and comedienne Felistas Murata, better known as Mai TT in the entertainment industry, has been ordered to pay $500 000 defamation damages to a local home decor expert, Memory Muyaka.Muyaka also better known as Mai Maketeni, dragged Murata to court early this year accusing her of tarnishing her image …

CID director Commissioner Chrispen Charumbira was arrested this Thursday by the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU) on allegations of accepting protection money from drug and gold dealers to stop criminal investigations. He was arrested after seven of his junior officers alleged he had been interfering with their duties by protecting drug …

                                            Staff Reporter The Zimbabwe Republic Police is hunting for Mutawatawa District Assistant Development Coordinator (formerly assistant district adminstrator) Tichaona Chiwiro who is alleged to have impregnated and married …

Staff Reporter MDC T (Thokozani Khupe) Mashonaland Central spokesperson Saymore Mhene today appeared at the Bindura magistrates’ court accused of indecent assault. Representing the State, Patience Chair alleged that sometime in 2019 at house number 4047 Chiwaridzo Bindura, Mhene around midnight sneaked into a room where his 18 year old …

03 Sep, 2020  A PROMINENT elderly couple from Mangwe District in Matabeleland South was gruesomely murdered by suspected robbers who raided their homestead on Tuesday night before burning their bodies in the house they were sleeping in, and making off with an undisclosed amount of cash. An 83-year-old Mr Nicholas Nleya, who had partially lost [...]