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Chikurubi prison break - Video
26 Oct 2013 at 10:47hrs | Views
The escape by two inmates from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Farm on Wednesday afternoon could have been an inside job after authorities found anomalies pointing to connivance.
The two prisoners escaped from the maximum security prison farm after they allegedly attacked a prison officer with a pick head, leaving him for dead.
Prison officer Tapera Dinera narrates his ordeal at Chikurubi farm prison Video By Tawanda Mudimu
Sources said yesterday that authorities strongly believe that Carrington Mutambarika (21) and Brighton Tshuma (23) were assisted by the same prison officer they attacked to escape.
They suspect that the deal could have gone wrong, resulting in the prisoners attacking the officer, Tapera Dinera (33).
Mutambarika was serving seven years for robbery after being sentenced in 2010, while Tshuma had four years for 12 counts of housebreaking and theft after being sentenced in 2011.
Mutambarika gave his address as C20 Block 9 Matapi Flats, while Tshuma was said to come from Hwange. A visit to the flat number in an effort to locate Mutambarika's relatives drew blanks yesterday.
"We do not know him. It's only me and my sister who stay in this flat," said a lady at the flat.
A prison officer who refused to be named said criminals were in the habit of giving wrong addresses upon arrest.
Mutambarika and Tshuma had been transferred in July from Harare Central Prison to the prison farm where inmates serving sentences below 30 months are kept.
"We strongly suspect that the prison officer could have a hand in this escape and we will quiz him," the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services source who declined to be named said.
The two prisoners escaped from the maximum security prison farm after they allegedly attacked a prison officer with a pick head, leaving him for dead.
Prison officer Tapera Dinera narrates his ordeal at Chikurubi farm prison Video By Tawanda Mudimu
Sources said yesterday that authorities strongly believe that Carrington Mutambarika (21) and Brighton Tshuma (23) were assisted by the same prison officer they attacked to escape.
They suspect that the deal could have gone wrong, resulting in the prisoners attacking the officer, Tapera Dinera (33).
Mutambarika was serving seven years for robbery after being sentenced in 2010, while Tshuma had four years for 12 counts of housebreaking and theft after being sentenced in 2011.
Mutambarika gave his address as C20 Block 9 Matapi Flats, while Tshuma was said to come from Hwange. A visit to the flat number in an effort to locate Mutambarika's relatives drew blanks yesterday.
"We do not know him. It's only me and my sister who stay in this flat," said a lady at the flat.
A prison officer who refused to be named said criminals were in the habit of giving wrong addresses upon arrest.
Mutambarika and Tshuma had been transferred in July from Harare Central Prison to the prison farm where inmates serving sentences below 30 months are kept.
"We strongly suspect that the prison officer could have a hand in this escape and we will quiz him," the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services source who declined to be named said.
Source - herald
