Trymore Changamire, who initially pleaded not guilty, was
convicted after a full trial by regional magistrate Letwin Rwodzi.
Trymore was initially sentenced to 12 years before two were
suspended on condition that he doesn’t commit a similar offence in the next
five years, while another year was suspended on condition that he restitutes
US$1 800 for the stolen property by February 28.
The State represented proved that Changamire and his
accomplices still at large connived to rob Wilson Mutongwizo, Yahya Goodvibes’s
father, and armed themselves with a pistol.
They went to the family’s residence in Warren Park D on
December 24, 2021, where they ambushed Mutongwizo as he arrived home with his
wife Florence Karimazondo.
They pounced on the couple as they were getting inside the
house and pointed a pistol at Mutongwizo who they ordered to remain silent and
comply with their instructions.
They tied his hands and legs with electric cables and
force-marched him into the house where his wife and kids, including Yahya were
watching TV.
They threatened the family with the pistol and ordered them
to lie down on the floor while they assaulted the father demanding money and
threatening to kill him.
Mutongwizo indicated that he didn’t have any money and they
ransacked the house and stole US$90, cellphones and an HP laptop belonging to
Yahya Goodvibes, whose real name is Mitchel Mutongwizo.
The court heard that on December 30, 2021, Yahya Goodvibes
received information from a friend that a laptop bearing her name was being
sold in Norton and she alerted police who rushed to the scene and arrested
Changamire.
She positively identified the laptop and logged on her
credentials leading to Changamire’s arrest.
In his defence, Changamire told the court that he knew
nothing and had bought the laptop from a client of his as he is a taxi driver.
He, however, failed to lead police to where he had bought
the laptop. H Metro
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