Crimes & Courts

UNITED KINGDOM - Neighbours say they are stunned by the discovery of the bodies of a Carribean man and a Zimbabwean woman, Lorraine Gugu Mbulawa, in a home in their street.

A Mt Hampden man was on Wednesday sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping a mentally challenged 16-year-old girl.

Harare magistrate Mr Hosea Mujaya yesterday dismissed former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s application for exception of charges, saying that he has a case to answer as the issues that were raised in his application were triable.

Four armed men, believed to be part of a machete-wielding gang that has been terrorising people in violent robberies in Mashonaland West Province, have appeared in court.

An Airforce of Zimbabwe pilot who allegedly killed his lawyer girlfriend last Sunday, has been released from custody after a magistrate ruled he was over detained.