{"id":71912,"date":"2023-01-04T17:33:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/three-cousins-fatally-assault-policeman-on-christmas-day"},"modified":"2023-01-04T20:45:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T18:45:51","slug":"three-cousins-fatally-assault-policeman-on-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/three-cousins-fatally-assault-policeman-on-christmas-day","title":{"rendered":"Three Cousins Fatally Assault Policeman On Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Three cousins from Jotsholo in Lupane were arrested for allegedly taking turns to assault a police officer at a beer drink on Christmas Day leading to his death a day later.<\/p>\n<p>The suspects, Lizwe Tshuma (18), Nowell Tshuma (20) and Forget Tshuma (20), all of Sikhali 1 village under Chief Mabhikwa, recently appeared in court for the murder of Mandleni Ncube (31) of the same village.<\/p>\n<p>They were not asked to plead to murder when they appeared before Lupane resident magistrate Ndumo Masuku.<\/p>\n<p>The three suspects were remanded in custody to 12 January 2023 and were advised to apply to the High Court for bail.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard that the murder took place at Jabhiwa business centre in Jotsholo on Christmas Day. Prosecutor Zandile Lauren Ndebele said:<\/p>\n<p>On the 25th of December at around 11:30 PM the deceased was standing at the veranda of Saphiwa Kuhle store wearing a police uniform.<\/p>\n<p>He was greeted by the informant Sicelo Moyo who was heading to where some people were drinking.<\/p>\n<p>Moments later the informant heard a noise coming from the direction where the deceased was where he was having an argument with one Makhosi Mpala which prompted him to go outside the bar and check.<\/p>\n<p>It was alleged that while the now-deceased policeman was arguing with Mpala, Lizwe approached from the back holding a knobkerrie.<\/p>\n<p>Lizwe allegedly struck the cop once on the head and ran away.<\/p>\n<p>The deceased fell down on his face and became unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>The court heard that Nowell came with a log and hit him once on the back of the thighs and ran away.<\/p>\n<p>Forget also came and struck the cop with an empty bottle of beer on the head and fled, the court heard.<\/p>\n<p>Ndebele said the informant tried to render first aid by pouring water on an unconscious Ncube who was bleeding from the mouth and nose but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>Ncube was then rushed to Tshongogwe Hospital where he was transferred to St Luke\u2019s Hospital but he died on admission.<\/p>\n<p>A report was made to the police leading to the arrest of the three cousins.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Three cousins from Jotsholo in Lupane were arrested for allegedly taking turns to assault a police officer at a beer drink on Christmas Day leading to his death a day later. The suspects, Lizwe Tshuma (18), Nowell Tshuma (20) and Forget Tshuma (20), all of Sikhali 1 village under Chief Mabhikwa, recently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":71910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[13299,1493,2189,9913,13300,8180,13395,1784,13394,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-71912","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-community","9":"tag-2022-christmas-day","10":"tag-africa-press","11":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","12":"tag-chief-mabhikwa","13":"tag-christmas-day","14":"tag-cop","15":"tag-jotsholo","16":"tag-murder","17":"tag-policeman","18":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Three Cousins Fatally Assault Policeman On Christmas Day - 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