Inmate tries to escape

Caroline Chaparadza
A PENHALONGA man has been slapped with an eight-month jail term after he tried to escape from Mutare Remand Prison. Gideon Dangarembize (22) appeared before senior magistrate Mrs Sekai Chiundura facing charges of escaping from lawful custody.

Facts are that on the March 9, 2015 George Masamba, a prison officer at Mutare Remand Prison, was guarding Dangarembize, who was working in the garden with the other inmates.

The accused then suddenly started running and jumped over the fence. They gave chase and re-arrested him near Mutare Provincial Hospital. When asked why he had committed the offence Dangarembize said he was being abused by a certain prison officer who assaulted and gave him unreasonable loads of work.

Mrs Chiundura told him that he should have reported the case rather than try to escape.