News / National
Catholic priests bashed at a mine
20 Dec 2023 at 22:20hrs | Views
There was drama in Mazowe at Mbembi farm when eleven Catholic church priests were allegedly bashed by a security guard after they trespassed in a mine he was guarding.
The matter came to light at Concession magistrates courts yesterday where Tsaurayi Kaunye pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of assault.
The 48-year-old was remanded out of custody to January 1 next year.
The state led by Munyaradzi Nengomasha alleged on September 11, the 11 complainants got lost and ended up inside a mine yard in Mazowe.
Kaunye quizzed them and he did not get a satisfactory answer before forcing them out in their car and making them lie down before rolling several times.
He assaulted them with a wooden log and they all sustained bruises.
The matter came to light at Concession magistrates courts yesterday where Tsaurayi Kaunye pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of assault.
The 48-year-old was remanded out of custody to January 1 next year.
Kaunye quizzed them and he did not get a satisfactory answer before forcing them out in their car and making them lie down before rolling several times.
He assaulted them with a wooden log and they all sustained bruises.
Source - Byo24News
