BY GARIKAI MAFIRAKUREVA
A KWEKWE couple was last Friday arrested after engaging in a house-breaking spree in the Midlands town and stealing valuables.
Christopher Moyo Mutare (45) and his live-in girlfriend Cynthia Pinky Saidi (39) of 170/2, Mbizo, Kwekwe, stole goods, including television sets, cellphones and laptops with a total value of US$13 700 during a house-breaking spree.
Moyo Mutare is actually a beneficiary of the presidential pardon after he served five years of his eight-year jail term for several counts of theft. He is now facing 12 counts of unlawful entry and theft.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently released about 3 000 prisoners on amnesty in order to ease congestion in the country’s jails.
After the couple’s arrest, goods valued at US$9 349 were recovered at the house of their accomplice, Chipo Moyo Mutare, younger brother to Christopher who is now facing one count of receiving stolen property.
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The charges are contained in a police memo seen by NewsDay which also showed that the accused are currently detained under Kwekwe Central DB numbers 1174/21, 1175/21 and 1181/21 respectively. They are expected to appear in court today.
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