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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Two security guards who were part of the response team at Quest Financial Services in Belgravia during the US$720 000 robbery on 25 February, on Monday, 11 March pleaded guilty to the theft of US$53 000.<\/p>\n

They will be back in court this Tuesday for sentencing.<\/p>\n

As reported by The Herald<\/b>, Cornelius Muchikange (35) and Nesbert Kachungwe (35) of J and P Security Company appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera.<\/p>\n

They were charged for illegally pocketing US$53 000 which had been dropped by robbers fleeing from the crime scene.<\/p>\n

The two guards shared the money, with Muchikange buying a Nissan Sylphy sedan for US$3 700 and a residential stand for US$6 000 in Eastview, Harare.<\/p>\n

He also used US$2 500 to pay lobola to his in-laws.<\/p>\n

Kachungwe bought a Nissan AD van for US$6 100 using his share of the spoils as well as building materials valued US$1 000.<\/p>\n

The complainant in this matter is Daniel Mandizvidza (54), the head of operations at Quest Financial Services.<\/p>\n

Prosecutor Zebediah Bofu told the court that on 25 February, at around 1.30 AM, 12 robbers who were armed with a pistol, a drill, an iron bar, a bolt cutter and explosives approached Mandizvidza after breaking down the door to his bedroom in one of the buildings at his workplace.<\/p>\n

They tied him before ransacking several offices.<\/p>\n

The suspects used detonators to blast open a safe in the operations manager\u2019s office and stole cash amounting to US$720 000, 120 Euros, 10 500 rand which they loaded into plastic bags and a cardboard box.<\/p>\n

The robbers were disturbed by the arrival of reaction teams from Safeguard Security Company and J and P Security Service.<\/p>\n

The court heard that the duo parked at the front of the premises.<\/p>\n

It was further alleged that during their escape, the robbers left a grinder, some fuse detonators, a bag with two laptops and dropped cash amounting to US$5 000 in the premises before escaping using the back of the premises.<\/p>\n

Whilst outside the premises, one of the plastic bags the robbers were carrying was torn and all the cash dropped to the ground.<\/p>\n

The robbers fled without picking up the money.<\/p>\n

Muchikange and Kachungwe found the cash amounting to approximately US$53 000 and shared it.<\/p>\n

On 08 March, detectives from CID Homicide Harare received information that the pair had stolen the cash which was dropped by robbers at the crime scene and arrested the two in central Harare.<\/p>\n

On 07 March, Muchikange was allegedly approached by six male adults purporting to be police officers and they took the remainder of the money he had which amounted to US$15 000.<\/p>\n

The same fake CID officers stole US$7 000 from Kachungwe.<\/p>\n

Of the stolen US$53 000, only US$15 700 was recovered.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Two security guards who were part of the response team at Quest Financial Services in Belgravia during the US$720 000 robbery on 25 February, on Monday, 11 March pleaded guilty to the theft of US$53 000. They will be back in court this Tuesday for sentencing. 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