Noel Kurura (29) of Tangwe village in Zvishavane and an accomplice, Tapiwa Gundu, who is still at large, assaulted a member of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), Kudakwashe Mazura, before robbing him of his service pistol. He was yesterday jailed to 28 months by Zvishavane magistrate, Shepherd Munjanja for the robbery and unlawful possession of a firearm.
The court heard that on November 8 2016 at around 2pm, Mazura was driving along Zvishavane-Gweru road, when he offered a lift to Kurura and Gundu at the Unki mine turn off. When the duo were about to reach their destination, they started assaulting Mazura before overpowering him and robbing him of his pistol. Mazura later made a report at a police station in Zvishavane, which led to Kurura’s arrest and subsequent recovery of the gun at his homestead.
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