After sneaking out of the station, the juvenile who cannot
be named because of his age went into the nearby Kopje Suburb and pointed a
pistol at Gugulethu Mpofu who had retired to bed in an attempted robbery.
The stolen pistols were a BSAP C2 pistol serial number 61
and a BSAP P1 serial number 1628. He also stole a Samsung phone, Itel phone,
hand bag, Police ID and bank cards from the Police station.
Police also realised that the boy had successfully lied
that his name was Tanaka Mugauri. His true name was only established by a
Probation officer.
He appeared at Gweru Magistartes Court last week facing
theft and armed robbery charges. He was on detention at Gweru Rural on a case
of unlawful entry that occurred in Mhondoro-Ngezi when he stole the pistols.
It is the State case that on March 28, 2021 the minor was
detained at Gweru Rural on unlawful entry charges.
At 6am, while in the operations office at the Police
Station the juvenile who was not handcuffed, sneaked into the records office.
From the records office he climbed up the wall into the ceiling
and crawled into the armoury department. He took a 2-meter long wire and fished
out one rifle and two pistols.
He also fished out one riot overall suit, one plastic bag
containing 26 live rounds, one empty 303 cartridge. He took one 303 rifle green
pouch, Remington 2.2 rifle.
The minor loaded two pistols into a satchel and left the
rest in the ceiling to collect later. He jumped from the ceiling unnoticed and
left the Police Station.
He also took a Samsung phone, Itel phone, hand bag, Police
ID and bank cards before he left. The same day at around 7pm he went to number
1 Schools Avenue Kopje and broke into Mpofu’s bedroom. He pointed a pistol into
the face of the complaint who was sleeping on his bed.
The complaint dispossessed the suspect and made a Police
report. The juvenile came to Gweru after he left his employer, one Mhlanga of
Lower Gweru whom he claimed was not paying him.
He stole a bicycle from Mhlanga, rode it to the bus stop
and dumped it there. He claimed he was stealing to raise money for bus fair to
go back home. Cite.org.zw
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