Robbery pair gets 17 years

A Harare regional magistrate has sentenced two men to a total 17-year jail term after convicting them of attacking a local businessman before robbing him of $1 500 at gunpoint at his residence in Kuwadzana Extension.

Report by Charles Laiton Senior Court Reporter

Magistrate Estere Chivasa convicted Douglas Khumalo (26) and Samson Foya (36) of robbing Talkmore Foya, who is Khumalo’s cousin, and sentenced them to eight and nine years’ imprisonment respectively.

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