A manhunt has since been launched for his suspected
accomplice who fled through an open window when police were about to arrest
them.
This was heard during the appearance of Doubt Mloyi
yesterday before Gweru provincial magistrate Mr Edwin Marecha facing 11 counts
of stock theft.
Mloyi and Asherman Masamba were allegedly caught
slaughtering two of the cattle before the latter fled after the pair had been
cornered.
Police recovered two carcasses from Mloyi’s homestead. Mloyi
was remanded in custody to December 31 after he requested to be given time to
look for a lawyer.
It is the State case that on February 8 at around 9AM, the
complainant released his cattle to a grazing area and left them unattended.
At around 5PM, the court heard, the complainant went back
to the grazing area where he had released his cattle and discovered that 11
beasts were missing.
On February 16, police officers at Maboleni station
received information that Mloyi and Masamba were allegedly slaughtering two
cattle which were suspected to have been stolen.
Working with that information, the police and some
villagers allegedly proceeded to Mloyi’s homestead.
From a distance, the court heard the two accused persons
were allegedly seen putting the carcasses of the two cattle into a scotch cart
before heading for Mloyi’s bedroom.
The court heard that Mloyi and Masamba had entered the
bedroom with the carcasses. The police then entered the bedroom with the
intention of arresting them.
The court heard that Masamba opened a window before jumping
out and fled from the scene. Mloyi was allegedly caught while trying to escape
using the same window.
The complainant arrived at the scene and identified the
carcasses as those of his stolen cattle. Chronicle
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