Crimes & Courts

Police in Kwekwe, the Midlands province have busted a nine-man gang that is linked to break-ins and robberies in mines around the city.

Two siblings from Bikita, Masvingo province, have been arrested on charges of murdering their octogenarian father on Monday who they accused of witchcraft. One of the siblings is also accused of murdering her two young daughters, whose heads she crushed with stones after ordering them to lie on top of a grave.

Regional Magistrate for Beitbridge Innocent Bepura has sentenced a Beitbridge man who stabbed his ex-wife’s lover for holding his child to 14 months in prison.

Zimbabwe's main opposition coalition, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has alleged that some of the more than 4,000 prisoners released on presidential amnesty last week include child rapists.

Businessman Ofer Sivan and personal assistant Cassandra Myburg were finally acquitted of allegations of fraud after spending months frequently going to court to answer to the charges.