29/06/2023
*Serial ra**st robber sentenced to 52 years in prison*
https://www.newsreportzim.com/2023/06/18/serial-ra**st-robber-sentenced-to-52-years-in-prison/
A LOCAL magistrate has condemned to 52 years in prison a Karoi man who had embarked on a spree of committing heinous crimes ranging from r**e, robbery, attempted murder, unlawful entry and stock theft.
Bright Zaranyika (23) alias Svosve was facing 33 counts and pleaded guilty to 31 of them when he appeared before Magistrate Jessie Kufa at Karoi Regional Court, last week.
The state then applied for the separation of two counts that Zaranyika denied, which will be dealt with soon.
Following the accused person’s conviction, prosecutor Wadzanai Madzorera pleaded with the court for a deterrent custodial sentence for the accused person, who had gone on a crime o**y and wreaked havoc in communities.
The presiding magistrate sentenced Zaranyika to a total 52 years effective to issue a stern warning to would-be offenders.
Court heard the string of crimes were perpetrated between November 28, 2022, and June 5, 2023, in Makonde, Hurungwe and Karoi.
In one of his escapades, Zaranyika, on April 2 last year, proceeded to Chiware village, Chief Chanetsa in Hurungwe and drove two oxen from Angeline Mufema’s kraal and took them to Makonde.
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