Posts

Showing posts from February 27, 2015

ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA.(PHOTO)

-
Image
 ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA A Zimbabwean couple has been deported from Botswana after secretly burying their child without notifying authorities. Motilinah Mpofu and Christopher Ncube were convicted on Thursday of concealing a death after they allegedly dug a grave for their child in the dead of night. The Gaborone court heard the child had died suddenly. Instead of reporting the death to police, health officials, or traditional leaders, the couple quietly buried the youngster and hoped no one would find out. But the secret did not stay buried for long.   Police moved in and arrested the pair. In sentencing, the court ordered that the couple be taken to the Plumtree Border Post for deportation to Zimbabwe.  Top Botswana lawyer Winnie Masitha who offered the couple free legal representation during the trial, confirmed the deportation to BTV News. Masitha believed that the matter should not be viewed only through the lens of crim...
Post a Comment
Read more

4 PEOPLE,CHARGED OVER THE KILLING OF ALBINO WOMAN+ALBINO SOCIETY IN TANZANIA TO HOLD A PROTEST NEXT WEEK.

-
Image
                 According to sources,a Tanzanian court has charged four people over the murder of an albino woman over six years ago as pressure mounts for authorities in the east African country to do more to stop the killing of albinos whose body parts are prized in black magic.Ezron Mwasimba,Public Prosecutor in the High Court in northern Mwanza city said that the four were accused of killing 22 year old Zawadi Magindu at Nyamalulu village in Geita in November 2008 and cutting off her legs and one arm.They pleaded not guilty yesterday thursday with the hearing to continue next week .The trial is the first of its kind to be held in the Geita region where six albinos were killed and three wounded between 2007 and 2012,according to the police data.It is expected to be closely followed by local residents and campaigners.''We have gathered compelling evidence against the accused persons including from members of the bereaved family who had ide...
Post a Comment
Read more

THE NIGERIAN CUSTOM PICKUP VAN,KILLED 3 LADIES AND INJURED OTHERS IN AN ACCIDENT ALONG LAGOS-BENIN HIGHWAY.

-
Image
               According to sources who were at the scene of the crime said three ladies between the ages of 25 and 30 years died yesterday afternoon after the Hummer bus they were travelling in was knocked off the Lagos-Benin high way by an operational vehicle driven by operatives of the Nigerian Customs service.The ladies and the driver of the Hummer bus were carrying second hand clothes also known as okirika,summersaulted during a hot chase by customs officials from the Federal Operations Unit,Zone A,Ikeja from one of their checkpoints in Ijebu Ode.The driver of the bus allegedly refused to stop when flagged down at their checkpoint which resulted in the Hummer summersaulting.The driver of the Hummer bus who lost one of his leg in the accident,said ''When the customs pick-up van could not overtake him,it hit his bus at the rear which caused the vehicle to summersault several times into the bush at a place indigenes called J3.On sensing that the...
Post a Comment
Read more