Serial armed robber sentenced to 84 years in jail
Published: 2013 March 06 01:33:39 (5001 Views)
Serial armed robber, Nqobile Victor Mpofu from Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, has been sentenced to 84 years in prison.
He committed a spate of robberies and stole seven vehicles and various other properties in the town between 2004 and 2009.
30 years of the sentence conditionally set aside leaving Mpofu to serve an effective 54 years imprisonment.
Mpofu, was initially arrested in 2006 by CID Vehicle Theft Squad in Bulawayo but he escaped from police cells at Bulawayo Central Police Station.
He was re-arrested in 2009 by CID Homicide after a shoot-out.
On May 27, 2004 he pounced on Mr Innocent Jekenya of Hillcrest in Bulawayo and stole a Nissan Sunny HB12.
Around the same period, Mpofu stole another Nissan Sunny belonging to Mr Antony Clough at Number 3 Housman Road, Malindela.
Between February 26 and 27, Mpofu who was detained at Bulawayo Central Police Station, escaped and went on to commit further offences.
From May 2006 to November 23, 2006 Mpofu robbed two Bulawayo families of two vehicles and household property at knifepoint.
In 2007, Mpofu threatened four more families in Bulawayo suburbs with a small axe and made off with three vehicles and property worth thousands of dollars.
On most incidents, Mpofu would threaten the property owners, tie them with ropes and load the loot into the stolen vehicles before driving off.
The same year, Mpofu armed with a double barrel shotgun, pounced on Ms Irene Mornach of Morningside in the city and robbed her of a box full of fishing equipment, television sets, gas cylinders, groceries and many others.
In 2009 Mpofu broke into five more houses in the town and stole an assortment of property including television sets, satellite decoders, DVD players, refrigerators, stoves and many others.
- Herald
He committed a spate of robberies and stole seven vehicles and various other properties in the town between 2004 and 2009.
30 years of the sentence conditionally set aside leaving Mpofu to serve an effective 54 years imprisonment.
Mpofu, was initially arrested in 2006 by CID Vehicle Theft Squad in Bulawayo but he escaped from police cells at Bulawayo Central Police Station.
He was re-arrested in 2009 by CID Homicide after a shoot-out.
On May 27, 2004 he pounced on Mr Innocent Jekenya of Hillcrest in Bulawayo and stole a Nissan Sunny HB12.
Around the same period, Mpofu stole another Nissan Sunny belonging to Mr Antony Clough at Number 3 Housman Road, Malindela.
Between February 26 and 27, Mpofu who was detained at Bulawayo Central Police Station, escaped and went on to commit further offences.
From May 2006 to November 23, 2006 Mpofu robbed two Bulawayo families of two vehicles and household property at knifepoint.
In 2007, Mpofu threatened four more families in Bulawayo suburbs with a small axe and made off with three vehicles and property worth thousands of dollars.
On most incidents, Mpofu would threaten the property owners, tie them with ropes and load the loot into the stolen vehicles before driving off.
The same year, Mpofu armed with a double barrel shotgun, pounced on Ms Irene Mornach of Morningside in the city and robbed her of a box full of fishing equipment, television sets, gas cylinders, groceries and many others.
In 2009 Mpofu broke into five more houses in the town and stole an assortment of property including television sets, satellite decoders, DVD players, refrigerators, stoves and many others.
- Herald
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