Twelve people who forced their way into Choppies supermarket in New Lobengula have appeared in court. They broke the main burglar bar and ...
Twelve people who forced their way into Choppies
supermarket in New Lobengula have appeared in court. They broke the main
burglar bar and doors and looted groceries.
Cops burst in as they looted and arrested them. The 12 were
part of 25 people that unleashed violence in Bulawayo, burning cars, property
and looting shops, appeared in court yesterday.
Nkosiyokuthula Sibelu (46) Lucia Mapuka (35) Oakaranda
Mudenda (35) Chancellor Maturure (29), Tendai Chinoshava (27), Coliwe Mutale
(25) Thenjiwe Ndlovu (24), Perfect Ncube (23), Sibonginkosi Mhlanga (23) Prince
Nyathi (21), Brian Sibanda , (21) and Bulangila Mwembe (19), Farai Mandava
(23), Trevor Ndlovu, (22), Shelton Hlomuka (19), Thamsanqa Moyo (31) Prince
Moyo (27), Brian Ndlovu (26), Gerald Lunga (30) and a 16 year-old juvenile who
cannot be named, appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Mr Lungile Ncube
charged with public violence.
They allegedly broke and gained entry into Totobisa
Beergarden where they looted beer on Tuesday. The juvenile was arrested carrying 4kg sugar, two bottles
of cooking oil and two loaves of bread after breaking into Marisha Supermarket
in Old Magwegwe.
The magistrate remanded the 20 in custody to tomorrow for a
bail ruling while the juvenile was referred to the Percy Ibbotson Home, a
juvenile facility, awaiting bail ruling. The State opposed bail, saying
releasing them would send a wrong message.
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