5 cops acquitted of killing armed robbery suspect

FIVE Bulawayo police officers who were being accused of allegedly killing a suspected armed robber for resisting arrest have been acquitted by the High Court.

Herbert Kanyinji, Bornwell Mahachi, Amiga Shumba, Norge Rapayi and Mbekezeli Bhebhe had pleaded not guilty before High Court judge Justice Evangelista Kabasa cleared them of the accusations.

According to the court papers, on March 30, 2021, the five were part of a seven-member team of police officers tasked with tracking down and arresting the now-deceased, Nkululeko Banda, who was a suspect in a spate of robberies in the Bulawayo and Esigodini areas.

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