Livingstone had been arrested for allegedly breaking
into the school’s tuckshop and stealing an assortment of groceries that were
found tucked under his bed.
Manica Post reports that he was taken to Mutasa Police
Station for further interrogations.
However, he was due to sit for an English examination and
it is said the headmaster, one Mr Sambona, and two teachers, made a follow-up
and negotiated with the police for his release.
However, the boy disappeared the following morning,
December 6th. The police say they are treating Livingstone as a wanted fugitive
from justice and a missing person.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Nixon
Muzondo said :“This matter was handled professionally by the police. The
suspect was 19 and is treated as an adult. He committed a crime that was
reported by the school authorities to the police. The stolen goods were
recovered from underneath his bed. This is the evidence which linked him to the
commission of the crime.
“We released him at the behest of the school authorities
for the purposes of writing the examination, but he disappeared to an unknown
place. He is on the police’s wanted list. We are treating him as a wanted
person and a missing person,” said Inspector Muzondo.
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