Crime

Crime

16 years in prison for man who brought unauthorised explosives into SA

News24 The Musina Regional Court in Limpopo sentenced a man to 16 years in prison for bringing unauthorised explosives into the country as well as missing a court appearance. Prosper Takunda Henry Mumbure was arrested in November last year after SAPS and SARS officials found unauthorised explosives in his truck. NPA spokesperson Mashudu Malabi-Dzhangi said

SA: Zimbabwean prisoners want to be paroled and repatriated; claim xenophobic attacks

By Ciara Ryan A campaign has kicked off to repatriate thousands of Zimbabwean prisoners eligible for parole. A letter sent by attorneys representing the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit Holders Association (Zepha) to the ministers of Home Affairs and Justice and Correctional Services demands action to facilitate the release and repatriation of Zimbabwean prisoners eligible for parole

IRELAND: police investigate claims fugitive Zimbabwean killer in Dublin

By Agencies & UK Correspondent DUBLIN: Local police have launched a probe into claims an alleged Zimbabwean spree killer relocated to Ireland and claimed asylum. Sources told local media that the investigation began earlier this week after reports in Zimbabwe said Peter Dube, who is the subject of an Interpol manhunt, fled to Dublin under

SA officials intercept truck smuggling cigarettes worth R20m; contraband came through Beitbridge disguised as tea leaves

By moneyweb.co.za SOUTH AFRICA: Law enforcement authorities have detained a truck that was ferrying illicit cigarettes worth some R20 million on Monday, after it was stopped in Bronkhorstspruit and the driver fled the scene. The illicit cigarettes were brought through the Beitbridge border, where the consignment was falsely declared as tea leaves, the South African

SA: Zim man gets 15 years in jail for copper cable theft

By Molaole Montsho I IOL News SOUTH AFRICA: A Zimbabwean man was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for theft of copper cables from a farm in Limpopo. The Musina Regional Court convicted and sentenced a Zimbabwean national, Shepard Munorwa, 30, for tampering with essential infrastructure, theft of copper relating to essential infrastructure, and illegal immigration.

UK: Zimbabweans arrested in operation targeting illegal working in care industry

By Agencies LONDON: Six arrests have been made as part of a Home Office investigation into illegal working in the care sector. Home Office Immigration Enforcement teams executed six warrants at properties on Alma Road, Southampton in a pre-dawn visit last Wednesday. Immigration officers arrested six men and women of Botswanan and Zimbabwean origin on

Questions raised over bail for Zim paedophile who fled before he could be jailed

By echo-news.co.uk QUESTIONS have been raised over the court’s decision to grant bail to a paedophile found guilty of raping a young girl who “fled the country” before he could be jailed. Dubindlela Magonya, 23, of Sutton Road, Southend, was found guilty of two counts of rape of a child under 13 and one count of

Pervert banned from every UK McDonald’s toilet

Manchester Evening News Asere Shumba had two previous counts of voyeurism for which he was convicted after being caught filming women using the toilet A pervert has been banned from every McDonald’s toilet in the UK after being jailed for breaching his court order. Asere Shumba was hit with the ban after being caught taking

UK: Child rapist believed to have fled to South Africa or Zim ahead of sentence

By echo-news.co.uk ENGLAND: A PAEDOPHILE found guilty of rape and sexual activity of a child has allegedly “fled the country” before he could be sentenced and locked away. Dubindlela Magonya, 23, of Sutton Road, Southend, raped and sexually assaulted a young girl several times over the course of four years. Magonya, who was 14 when he

UK: Zim university student jailed for touching woman ‘sexually’ without her consent

By Northampton Chronicle & Echo NORTHAMPTON – A 25-YEAR-OLD man has been sentenced to 16 months in prison after sexually assaulting a woman near Weston Favell Police Station. Rodney Tavaguta, of St Johns Street, represented himself at his sentencing hearing at Northampton Crown Court on Thursday, February 16 after a jury found him guilty of

SA: Zimbabwean jailed 15 years for possession of commercial explosives

By Times Live SOUTH AFRICA: A 40-year-old Zimbabwean man has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars for possession of commercial explosives. The Musina regional court sentenced Luckmore Harunashe on Friday. Hawks spokesperson Capt Matimba Maluleke said Harunashe and Zorodzai Ignatius Mukonzamariro, 31, were arrested on the N1 between Musina and Makhado in September 2022.

AUSTRALIA: Zim man in barrage of threatening phone over job failure; tells recruiter “delusional white c**t … F**k you’

By Makayla Muscat I The Western Weekender AUSTRALIA: A man accused of sending 45 hostile voicemails to a potential employer has been found guilty. “I’m satisfied beyond reasonable doubt,” Magistrate Stephen Corry told the court. “He [Mukonoweshuro] first admitted that it was his phone number, and then denied it”. Misheck Mukonoweshuro, 37, appeared at Penrith Local