Community members in the Madobogo Village on Sunday attacked an alleged murderer, said North West police.A 36-year-old man had gone to visit his girlfriend late on Saturday night, when he apparently found her with another man, said Captain Amanda Funani in a statement."A fight ensued between the suspect and his girlfriend. Her other boyfriend intervened and defended the woman."The man then apparen

Clement Zikhali (30), a Zapu Youth League Member was convicted on his own plea to disorderly conduct in public by Gwanda magistrate Ms Sheila Nazombe.He was sentenced to six months in prison but three months of the sentence were suspended on condition that he will not within the next five years be convicted of a similar offence.The prosecutor, Mr Alexander Moyo, told the court that on 30 January t

Zimbabwe civil servants are unhappy about a 5.3% pay rise and argue it is not enough. A majority of civil servants are getting between $250 and $290 excluding allowances and the salary increment means that the workers will be getting between $10 and $18 more."The civil servants did not get a salary increment the whole of last year and now they only get 5,3 percent, which is far below what we expec

Apparently a cricket bat was discovered inside Oscar Pistorius's bedroom and it was covered in blood."This is a key piece of evidence that police will use in their trial." Mr Basson said."The bat is still at the police laboratories where it is being tested to see whose blood is on it."A possible version that the police are looking at is that Mr Pistorius may have indeed assaulted his girlfriend

Oscar Pistorius' girlfriend was apparently in a “close friendship” with Springbok Francois Hougaard, who is also close pals with the Paralympic gold medallist when she was shot dead.Investigators are looking into whether Reeva’s friendship with Hougaard may have sparked the rows which were heard in the hours leading up to the shooting on Valentine’s Day.Hougaard, 24, pulled out of playing

Cable thief, Wayne Houfe, 44, from Darlington, Co. Durham was in hospital for a month after 11,000 volts caused third degree burns to his face and body in a bungled raid at a substation.He suffered severe third degree burns to his face, hands and body, with red scars visible around his eyes when he appeared in court.The blast left him in hospital for a more than a month and three months on he sti

A 14 year old boy from Penhalonga was arrested for raping a 10 year old girl because she was being a 'nuisance.'The girl and two of her friends were walking from school and they were singing and shouting as they went past the boy and his 11 year old friend.The two boys assaulted one of the girls and two of them ran away. The girl was then chased and dragged into a bush where she was raped.

Villagers in Jibajiba, Lupane in Zimbabwe were shocked to learn that a 50 year old man had married his 15 year old granddaughter.He insisted that he had not committed any crime because he had proposed love to the girl when she had fully developed into womanhood.He was initially approached by police because they had been told he had taken a child for a wife. The police were shocked to discover that

Charlene Machin, 33, tells of the moment of terror when she saw her new baby boy who had been born with half of his face missing.The 33-year-old had given birth to twin boys Oliver and Harry - but doctors discovered baby Harry had been born with a severe facial deformity.Mrs Machin, from Stoke-on-Trent, recalled how, when her sons were born seven years ago, she kept apologising to husband Mark af

New York Police say a mother who got on stage and started to strip during an upstate school assembly is facing child endangerment and lewdness charges.Albany police say 24-year-old Aydrea Meaders was arrested at North Albany Academy on Friday morning.They say school staff told them the assembly was halted and the cafeteria cleared after Meaders began dancing onstage and took off some of her clot

North Devon Magistrates’ Court has heard how 25 year old Calum Ward, of Westaway Heights, Barnstaple, was caught on CCTV setting alight to the nuts after hitting them, before he spread himself in front of the emergency vehicle and tried to make love to it.Police at the time commented that he ‘looked as though he was attempting to make love to the front of the ambulance’, counsel for the pro

A woman exhibited in 19th-Century Europe as the "world's ugliest woman" has been buried in her native Mexico some 150 years after her death.Julia Pastrana, who suffered from a genetic condition that covered her face in hair, performed in circuses as a freak of nature.After she died in 1860, her American husband toured with her embalmed body, which ended up in Norway.Her remains were returned this

As a thief rifled through cupboards in the victim's home, the noise they made woke up Toby the family's British Giant bunny in his kitchen cage.The 4.5kg, two-feet long pet began stomping so loudly on the floor that the intruder was caught on the hop and left.Kimberley said: "We went to bed on Wednesday at about 10pm. In the early hours of the morning Toby our rabbit did five loud thumps."I sort

10 month old Nicole Nyambo died upon admission at Sakubva District Hospital after the family maid, Everjoy Sithole, admitted to giving her an overdose of maize-meal porridge using a cup.Nicole has since been buried at Yeovil Cemetery in the city.Police this week said investigations were in progress.Nicole's mother, Nester Nyambo, said that although she does not habour any hard feelings against E

Sabine Moreau, 67, ended up 900 miles away in Zagreb, Croatia after originally planning to drive 38 miles to Solre-sur-Sambre in Belgium when her sat-nav decided to take the scenic route,She failed to realise she had driven through six countries with different languages on the road signs. She stopped multiple times to refuel and, incredibly, even parked up in a lay-by for a few hours to sleep. Wh