21 Year Old Harare Man Appears In Court For Murdering Thief

A 21-year-old man appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa facing charges of murdering a thief who had been caught in action during a foiled burglary.

Ernest Kapondoro was remanded in custody and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court.
It is the state’s case that on the 25th of September around 3 am the now deceased was in the company of an unknown accomplice hatched a plan to burglarize people’s homes.

The now deceased and his accomplice who has not yet been apprehended stole a phone through a window. After they had stolen the phone luck ran out on them as they were spotted by Kapondoro leaving their victim’s residence. Kapondoro is alleged to have shouted for help and alerted neighbours who chased after the now deceased. Upon apprehending the now deceased it alleged that Kapondoro was among the mob that assaulted the now deceased who later died in police detention.

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