{"id":802,"date":"2019-01-02T14:59:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T14:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=802"},"modified":"2019-01-02T15:07:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T15:07:01","slug":"latest-on-case-of-soldier-who-stole-former-president-mugabes-119-laptops-court-delivers-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/latest-on-case-of-soldier-who-stole-former-president-mugabes-119-laptops-court-delivers-ruling","title":{"rendered":"Latest on case of soldier who stole former President Mugabe&#8217;s 119 laptops, court delivers ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A HARARE court has acquitted a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) corporal accused of stealing 119 laptops, three desktop computers and accessories belonging to former President Robert Mugabe.<\/p>\n<p>Pepukai Zvakavapano was recently freed by Harare magistrate Josephine Sande who ruled that the State failed to prove how the presidential guard soldier stole the computers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe is no evidence directly linking the accused to the offence of theft despite that he was caught in possession of some of the stolen property,\u201d said the magistrate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe court is of the view that the state failed to prove its case and the accused is hereby found not guilty and acquitted on the theft charge,\u201d ruled the magistrate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-g-rec td-g-rec-id-content_inline td_uid_2_5c2cb876a0569_rand td_block_template_14 \">\n<p>Zvakavapano was also cleared on another charge of unlawful entry. He was however, fined $200 for possessing stolen property.<\/p>\n<p>The soldier was acquitted after a full trial which saw Mugabe giving testimony from his private Blue Roof mansion.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran leader testified after Zvakavapano had claimed Mugabe gave him the laptops as a token of appreciation for good service, a claim denied by former strongman.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecuting, Francesca Mukumbiri told court that the theft occurred after Mugabe\u2019s property was moved to Harare\u2019s Polo grounds as his house was being renovated.<\/p>\n<p>The property, including the computers, was packed into five shipping containers which were reportedly secured by padlocks.<\/p>\n<p>The State alleged that on April 3 last year, Zvakavapano was on duty guarding the containers together with an alleged accomplice who is also a soldier and was only identified as Marega.<\/p>\n<p>The duo allegedly connived to steal the goods and broke the padlocks securing the containers before stealing the laptops and accessories.<\/p>\n<p>Court heard the two later shared the loot and recruited agents who sold the stolen property in the city centre.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigations led to recovery of a laptop which being sold in a shop at Nhaka House in central Harare.<\/p>\n<p>Voster Chigede, who was selling the laptop, led detectives to one Tawanda Edson Musekiwa who claimed to have bought the computer from Zvakavapano.<\/p>\n<p>Only nine laptops were recovered after Zvakavapano\u2019s arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A HARARE court has acquitted a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) corporal accused of stealing 119 laptops, three desktop computers and accessories belonging to former President Robert Mugabe. 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