{"id":4416,"date":"2024-10-02T11:50:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4416"},"modified":"2024-10-02T11:50:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T11:50:15","slug":"chinese-national-to-enjoy-30-years-of-zim-prison-hospitality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=4416","title":{"rendered":"Chinese National to Enjoy 30 Years of Zim Prison Hospitality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Crimes and Courts Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gokwe &#8211; A Chinese national, Cai Yulong, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the High Court in Gokwe for murdering a worker at a mine in Zhombe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yulong, who runs Stone Steel Blue Mine, shot and killed a worker from the neighboring Black Hand 10 Mine on May 26. The victim and colleagues were constructing a barricade when Yulong opened fire, fatally shooting one worker in the thigh and injuring another in the knee and thigh. He also assaulted a third worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The accused&#8217;s actions were unacceptable and warranted the harsh sentence,&#8221; said the presiding judge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the 30-year sentence for murder, Yulong received a concurrent five-year sentence for attempted murder and a fine for assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, in Beitbridge, a 27-year-old woman appeared in court facing charges of unlawful dealing in drugs and contravening the Medicines Control Act. Prosecutors allege she smuggled 103.7 kilograms of dagga worth $10,371 from South Africa, hiding it in blankets packed in sacks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We will not tolerate drug trafficking in our country,&#8221; said a police spokesperson. &#8220;We commend the officers and sniffer dogs for their diligent work in uncovering this illegal activity.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The woman was remanded in custody until October 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Case Details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Murder Case:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Accused: Cai Yulong (Chinese national)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crime: Murder, attempted murder, and assault<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: Zhombe, Midlands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sentence: 30 years imprisonment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Drug Smuggling Case:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Accused: 27-year-old woman from Dulibadzimu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Charges: Unlawful dealing in drugs and contravening the Medicines Control Act<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Location: Beitbridge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remand: Until October 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crimes and Courts Correspondent Gokwe &#8211; A Chinese national, Cai Yulong, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the High Court in Gokwe for murdering a worker at&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime-and-court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4416","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=4416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4418,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4416\/revisions\/4418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}