adminLeornard Ncube Senior Court Reporter
THE four suspects linked to the recent gruesome Binga shooting incident that left four people dead, are demanding their cell phones from the police.The quartet, Hardlife Dube, 20, Lovemore Mudenda, 38, Robert Muleya, 31, and Japhet Muleya, 43, have been transferred from Binga to Hwange provincial courts.
The suspects from Chief Dobola and Chief Saba appeared before Hwange provincial magistrate Rose Dube for routine remand on Monday and were further remanded in custody to March 3. “Can we have our phones which we left at Binga Court after police took them away,” pleaded Dube.
His co-accused also demanded their cellphones back. The four suspects are charged with murder of Sithembinkosi Moyo, Nkosana Mdlongwa, Alvin Nyirenda and Mthulisi Leon Sibanda whose bodies were found at Ngongonye Bridge last month.
Police are still investigating the motive behind the executions. Initially, there were six suspects, all of them known poachers in the Muchesu Conservancy and Chizarira National Park where they would allegedly hunt elephants and pangolins.
Dube’s brother Emmanuel and his father Jameson Sinola, a former Rhodesian police officer who was also an Inyanga, died before being taken to court.
Japhet Muleya is already serving a three-year-jail term after admitting to possessing 110 rounds of ammunition for an AK rifle used in the executions.
Two others, Paul Siachimbo and his son, Trust, were fined for possessing ammunition of a British rifle, but were cleared of the quadruple homicide by the Binga court.
Another suspect Leonard Mhlanga also appeared separately for possessing 38 rounds of ammunition. Prosecutors, say on January 5, the four accused were approached by Moyo, Mdlongwa, Nyirenda and Sibanda who wanted to buy ivory.
The crew arranged to meet at Siansundu Business Centre but Dube, Mudenda, Robert and Japhet lured the victims to Ngongonye area where they allegedly killed them following a row over money.
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