TWIN brothers from Bulawayo have appeared in court after
they were allegedly caught stealing four wagon locking bars worth US$1 200 from
the National Railways of Zimbabwe.
Clifford and Kilfford Sibanda (61) from Matshobana suburb
allegedly sneaked into NRZ Mpopoma Marshalling Yard and tried to cut the bars
using a hacksaw. The twins were allegedly caught by a security guard who is
representing the company in the matter.
The duo pleaded not guilty to theft when they appeared
before Western Commonage magistrate Mr Stephen Ndlovu.
The magistrate remanded them out of custody on free bail to
today for continuation of trial.
Clifford told the court that they were looking for firewood
when the security guard approached them and accused them of stealing.In his testimony, the security guard said he heard sounds
and went out to investigate.
“I was on patrol at Mpopoma railway yard with my workmate
when I saw the identical thieves wearing grey overalls, busy cutting door
locking bars from the train wagon. We chased them and managed to recover the
property that they had stolen,” he said.
According to court papers, on September 15 this year at
around 5PM, the brothers were at the Marshalling yard where they allegedly
connived to steal the wagon locks before they were caught red handed.
“The accused persons were spotted by the complainant on top
of train wagons holding a hacksaw cutting locks,” read the papers. The security
guard reported the matter to the police leading to the twins’ arrest. All the
stolen property was recovered. Chronicle
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