Sithembinkosi L Jiyane
Crimes & Courts Reporter
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\u200eTwo men employed as caretakers have appeared before the Tredgold Magistrates\u2019 Court in Bulawayo facing charges of unlawful entry into premises and theft following a house break-in in Umguza. Sithembinkosi L JiyaneCrimes & Courts Reporterwww.zimgbcnews.co.zw \u200eTwo men employed as caretakers have appeared before the Tredgold Magistrates\u2019 Court in Bulawayo facing charges of unlawful entry into premises and theft following… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-court-and-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12240,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12238\/revisions\/12240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\u200eThe accused are Malvin Ndlovu (25) of Ndlovu Nswazi homestead in Esigodini and Marvellous Sibanda (24) of Sithuthukile Homestead in Mbembesi. They are jointly charged with unlawfully entering a dwelling house and stealing property valued at US$159.
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\u200eThe alleged offence occurred on 22 December 2025 at around midday at Plot 31 Maximill, Ntabazinduna, Umguza. The house belongs to Vimbai Shumba (48), an unemployed resident of the area.
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\u200eIt is alleged that the two accused persons, who were employed as caretakers at Plot 56, Imbesu, Umguza, forcefully gained entry into the complainant\u2019s house by breaking open a padlock using an unknown object. The court heard that they allegedly acted in common purpose.
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\u200eOnce inside the premises, the accused are said to have stolen several household items, including a SY-977 speaker box, a Huawei cellphone, two Itel cellphones, a black Oking cellphone, and eight Starbrands, all belonging to the complainant.
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\u200eThe complainant later recovered most of her property after receiving information from the accused persons\u2019 employer, Mr Soneni Maseko. A search of the accused persons\u2019 room reportedly led to the recovery of property valued at US$155, with only the eight Starbrands still outstanding.
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\u200eThe court was told that the accused persons were not related to the complainant and had no lawful authority to enter the premises or take the property. It was further alleged that they acted unlawfully and intentionally.
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\u200eThe matter is being heard in terms of Section 131(1)(a) as read with Section 131(2)(e) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act (Chapter 9:23), which relates to unlawful entry into premises and theft.
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\u200eThe case is still before the courts, and the accused are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
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