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The name “Masendeke” is the stuff of legend in Zimbabwe. Synonymous with such heinous crimes as rape, murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and jail breaking, the name is one that many know.
It was in 1995 that the country was forced to take notice of the now infamous name. This was after Edmund Edgar – the most notorious of the infamous Masendeke brothers – had killed a woman in Masvingo and stole her car.
It runs in the family, so the saying goes.
And it aptly applies to the Masendeke siblings from Gutu, Masvingo, who have engraved the family’s name in history for the wrong reasons.
It was only in 2003 when notorious robber and murderer Edmond Edgar Masendeke was hanged for a spate of crimes committed in various parts of the country.
Only yesterday, his young brother Andrew was sentenced to 26 years in prison for kidnapping and robbery.
The late notorious robber and murderer Edmond Edgar Masendeke’s younger brother Andrew, arrested for allegedly robbing and kidnapping a police officer, has pleaded guilty.
Young brother to the late notorious robber and murderer Edmund Edgar Masendeke kidnapped a police officer and robbed him of his vehicle before embarking on a robbing spree around the country.
Three notorious armed robbers who terrorised miners and business people in the Midlands province and Bulawayo getting away with more than $25 000, a vehicle and six rifles, have been sentenced to a combined 188 years in prison.