{"id":6401,"date":"2024-12-02T14:25:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2024-12-02T14:25:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T14:25:06","slug":"nine-rustlers-charged-for-stealing-34-herd-of-cattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=6401","title":{"rendered":"Nine Rustlers Charged for Stealing 34 Herd of Cattle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Crimes and Courts Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nine men from Fort Rixon have been charged with nine counts of stock theft involving 34 cattle that they allegedly slaughtered and sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accused appeared before the Bulawayo Magistrates\u2019 Court, where they all pleaded not guilty to the charges and were remanded in custody until December 3, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accused individuals are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ishmael Sibanda (31)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Justin Zijena (45)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Josphat Makuvaza (48)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Piraishe Mandende (35)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Tiziri (44)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trust Ndlovu (34)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Justice Zhou (35)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collinmore Kudakwashe (36)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sabelo Moyo (45)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The State alleges that the group was involved in a series of cattle thefts, with specific incidents reported:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On June 14, Kudakwashe Shoko lost six cattle, four of which were slaughtered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional thefts occurred on June 30, July 21, July 30, and October 5, involving various victims and a total of several cattle being stolen and slaughtered.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In their defense, the accused provided various explanations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sibanda claimed he was a legitimate cattle buyer and had police clearance to trade.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zijena stated he purchased cattle from Sibanda, which had clearance letters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Moyo mentioned he only witnessed Sibanda bringing five cows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other defendants claimed they did not know Sibanda at all.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The case highlights ongoing issues with cattle theft in the region, and the court proceedings will continue as the accused await their next hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation underscores the complexities of livestock trading and the legal implications surrounding it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBC News\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crimes and Courts Correspondent Nine men from Fort Rixon have been charged with nine counts of stock theft involving 34 cattle that they allegedly slaughtered and sold. The accused appeared&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6401","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\/6401","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=6401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6404,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6401\/revisions\/6404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}