Mentally-challenged man mistaken for thief, killed

A MENTALLY-CHALLENGED man from Chinhoyi succumbed to injuries suffered in an assault  by four members of a neighbourhood watch committee members in Harare who mistook him for a thief.

Donald Jamela (69), Tinashe Jamela (27), Roy Mujaho (29) and Thembalami Jamela (28), appeared before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Friday facing a murder charge.

The four, who are members of the Cranbrone neighbourhood watch committee, were granted $150 000 bail each and told to return to court on August 23.

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