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Police re-arrest Chikurubi prison escapee after nearly 3 years
A man who escaped from Chikurubi Prison Farm almost three years ago has been re-arrested, police confirmed Friday, ending a long-running manhunt for a suspect linked to multiple crimes.The Zim...Published: 05 May 2025 at 13:43hrs | 373 | by Staff reporter
Gun-totting prison escapee and robber gets 22-year jail term
Luke Zinyengere, the inmate who recently stunned Zimbabwe by staging a daring escape at the Harare Magistrates' Court, has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after being convicted of escaping from l...Published: 26 Apr 2025 at 10:40hrs | 692 | by Staff reporter
South Africa launches bid to recapture Zimbabwean prison escapee
Prison authorities in South Africa have launched a manhunt for Clatta Gumbo, a Zimbabwean inmate who on Monday staged a dramatic escape from custody after overpowering his guard when he was briefly bo...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 04:52hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Thabo Bester's R3,5m Mercedes still stuck in Beitbridge
THE Mercedes Benz worth at least R3,5 million that is understood to have been used by captured South African murder convict and escapee Thabo Bester is still stuck at Beitbridge Border Post after it w...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean prison escapee re-arrested in SA after being hit by truck
A Zimbabwean man who escaped from a prison in the Eastern Cape in South Africa has been re-arrested after he was hit by a truck in Free State, police said.Bennet Kwarrie is one of seven prison...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 20:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prison escapee back in custody
A MT Darwin man (40), who executed a prison break at Harare Central Prison last year with the help of a prison officer has been re-arrested and arraigned before the court facing a charge of escaping f...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Khami Prison escapee recaptured
The ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) captured a convict that escaped from Khami Prison on Saturday.Jabson Shone was tracked down and captured by ZPCS' special tactics officers...Published: 22 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Prison escapee jailed for 4 years
An alleged serial robber and rapist on remand for attacking almost 20 women recently escaped from Harare Remand Prison, allegedly with the help of two prison officers, but was caught, was yesterday ja...Published: 15 Oct 2021 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prison escapees nabbed after stealing motorbike
TWO inmates, who escaped from Guruve prison have been re-arrested after they stole a motorbike from a local resident.Acting Mashonaland Central police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Naison D...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 10:48hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Captured prison escapee battling for life
ONE of the three prisoners who jumped off a moving vehicle in transit from Chikurubi Maximum Prison to Whawha Prison over a fortnight ago, before being captured last week, is battling for life due to ...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ex-convict arrests prison escapee
An ex-convict smarting from serving a jail term at Zvishavane Prison turned hero when he apprehended a prison escapee he found walking on the streets, a few days after he left him behind bars....Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police arrest notorious prison escapee carjacker
POLICE have arrested a second infamous run-away carjacker who escaped from custody last week.Detectives cornered Dominic Tachiona Tichawangana (37) on Sunday at his Pumula residence, following...Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Prison escapee caught fast asleep
A 19 year-old cannabis convict who had escaped at Guruve prison (Kachara) four days ago, was finally caught in the early hours of Monday when he was fast asleep 20 kilometres away from the prison....Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 16:34hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwean jail-breaker dies in Botswana
One of the 18 prisoners who escaped from Gerald Estate Center for Illegal Immigrants in Botswana last month, has died.Gerald Estates Station Commander, Superintendent Edward Leposo told Ga...Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I missed sex,' prison escapee tells court
A Chinhoyi criminal on Friday told the court that he escaped from prison because he was missing sex with his girlfriend.The prison escapee, Never Jongwe, was sentenced to 12 months, four month...Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jail escapee jailed six months
A PRISONER who escaped from custody while doing work at the Mutare Show Grounds in July this year has been re-arrested and slapped with a six-month jail term.Kennedy Mubvumbi (29) from Zimunya...Published: 12 Dec 2015 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Prison escapee found dead in river
A GWANDA Prison escapee was found dead in Mtshabezi River last week on Sunday afternoon, almost two weeks after his disappearance. The body was found floating in the river close to Mtshabezi ...Published: 23 Aug 2015 at 12:29hrs | | by Marvelous Moyo
Prison escapee gets 13 months jail term
An inmates who broke out of Imbizo Barracks Prisons in Bulawayo in February has been sentenced to 13 months in jail for escaping from jail.Lungisani Maphala (23) of Old Magwegwe and Mhluph...Published: 16 May 2015 at 08:56hrs | | by Stephen Jackson
Imbizo Barracks prison escapee recaptured
ONE of the two inmates who broke out of Imbizo Barracks Prisons in Bulawayo late February was brought to court yesterday charged with escaping from lawful custody.According to court records, L...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chikurubi Prison escapee shot
CONVICTED criminal Carrington Mutambarika (21), who recently staged a dramatic escape from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison where he was serving time for robbery, was re-arrested last week after p...Published: 28 Nov 2013 at 11:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prison escapees still on the run
THE two prisoners who escaped from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Farm last month are still on the run but police and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services recently said they were closing ...Published: 14 Nov 2013 at 02:07hrs | | by Crime Reporter
Serial prison escapee Bongani Moyo to spend 17 years in jail
Bongani Moyo, who has escaped several times while awaiting trial, has yet to be convicted of any of the other charges against him.These include bank robbery, armed robbery, possession of unli...Published: 20 Jun 2012 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Serial prison escapee Bongani Moyo back in court
Johannesburg - Closing arguments and judgment in the case against alleged serial escapee Bongani Moyo are expected in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.At his last appearance in May,...Published: 19 Jun 2012 at 04:52hrs | | by Sapa
Zim police struggling to locate prison escapees
Police in Bulawayo are struggling to locate two of the three prisoners who escaped from Mlondolozi Prison, housed within the Khami Prison complex last month.Criminal Investigations Department ...Published: 08 May 2012 at 13:59hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Khami Prison escapee captured
POLICE in Bulawayo have re-arrested one of the three dangerous criminals who escaped from Mlondolozi Prison, which is housed at Khami Prison Complex.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Ins...Published: 20 Apr 2012 at 05:28hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
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