Crimes & Courts

A POLICE officer from Bulawayo who allegedly kidnapped and brutally assaulted a 16-year-old boy who was suspected to have stolen a mobile cellphone at his uncle’s car wash has been acquitted.

A MAN from Kezi in Matobo district who axed his neighbour to death when he confronted him for chopping a tree near his homestead, was yesterday sentenced to an effective 10 years in jail.

Government has — with immediate effect — suspended Vehicle Inspectorate Department (VID) officials from Marondera and Beitbridge depots on allegations of corruptly issuing provisional driver’s licences to undeserving people.

A Ugandan court has ruled that activist Stella Nyanzi must defend herself against charges of cyber harassment and offensive communication against President Yoweri Museveni.

A Zvishavane businessman has been dragged to the Civil Court for allegedly bedding his friend’s wife. The friendship between the two men has since gone sour following the “great” betrayal.