A COP who allegedly broke into colleagues’ houses and stole
assortment of goods and a self-proclaimed inyanga who was recently jailed for
rape, have escaped from Hwange Prison.
Maxwell Musariri, a constable and Masimpe Muleya, the
self-proclaimed inyanga, allegedly used a piece of steel from a combat boot to
drill a hole on a wooden section of the prison cell wall before making good
their escape.
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) assistant
principal correctional officer who is also the public relations officer for
Matabeleland North Gareth Nkomo said Musariri and Muleya who are both aged 28
escaped on Thursday.
“I can confirm that two inmates escaped from Hwange Prison
yesterday and investigations are still underway to establish how they escaped,”
he said. Musariri, who lived at number 1559 DRC in Hwange is facing 12 counts
of unlawful entry and theft.
He was remanded in custody to December 12 by Hwange magistrate
Ms Barbara Phiri .
Musariri allegedly broke into houses of six of his
colleagues at Hwange Police Station and Empumalanga suburb and stole a laptop,
a TV set, a DSTV decoder, car batteries, cellphones and other such gadgets.
He allegedly sold some of the property in Hwange, Victoria
Falls, Gweru, Masvingo and at his rural home in Chirumhanzu in the Midlands
province.
Following reports of the thefts at Hwange Police Station
Camp, police conducted investigations leading to the arrest of Musariri and
recovery of some of the stolen property.
Muleya is an ex-convict who once served a jail term for
unlawful entry in Binga.
He was last week sentenced to 18 years in jail for raping
an 18-year-old girl in Lusulu, Binga, sometime in February last year.
Muleya who moved around carrying a bag containing a
knobkerrie, okapi knife and snuff box which he used to intimidate victims
before sexually abusing them, had before the rape conviction, been convicted of
attempting to rape another girl in Binga in February this year and senteced to
30 months in prison.
Muleya who evaded arrest for almost a year after raping his
first victim, was only arrested this year after attempting to rape his second
victim.
Muleya was waiting to be transferred to Khami Maximum Prison
in Bulawayo when he escaped. Chronicle
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