A HARARE kombi conductor has been arrested for throwing a 55-year-old municipal policeman out of a moving commuter bus and causing the offic...
A HARARE kombi conductor has been arrested for throwing a 55-year-old municipal policeman out of a moving commuter bus and causing the officer serious injuries.
Nigel Makunani, 23, was charged with kidnapping and attempted murder when he appeared before Harare Magistrate, Adonija Masawi, on Wednesday.
He pleaded guilty to both charges and was remanded in custody pending trial.
According to the state, on March 6 this year, Harare municipal police officer, Camen Moyo, was carrying out his duties which include arresting motorists who load passengers at undesignated place.
While on duty he saw Makunani’s commuter bus loading passengers at an undesignated place at the capital’s Fourth Street bus terminus.
Moyo then entered Makunani’s vehicle and notified the driver of his arrest.
Makunani, an accomplice who is still at large and the kombi driver, who also faces the same charges, then locked Moyo inside the vehicle and drove away.
It is further alleged that during the way, they trio were threatening the 55 year old. They tried to throw him out of the vehicle but they failed as he resisted them.
The driver continued to Chinhoyi Street where they finally threw Moyo out of the moving vehicle.
Despite sustaining hand and back injuries, Moyo managed to take the registration number of the vehicle which assisted him in identifying and arresting Makunani on 17 March.
The driver of the kombi is however still at large.
Nigel Makunani, 23, was charged with kidnapping and attempted murder when he appeared before Harare Magistrate, Adonija Masawi, on Wednesday.
He pleaded guilty to both charges and was remanded in custody pending trial.
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While on duty he saw Makunani’s commuter bus loading passengers at an undesignated place at the capital’s Fourth Street bus terminus.
Moyo then entered Makunani’s vehicle and notified the driver of his arrest.
Makunani, an accomplice who is still at large and the kombi driver, who also faces the same charges, then locked Moyo inside the vehicle and drove away.
It is further alleged that during the way, they trio were threatening the 55 year old. They tried to throw him out of the vehicle but they failed as he resisted them.
The driver continued to Chinhoyi Street where they finally threw Moyo out of the moving vehicle.
Despite sustaining hand and back injuries, Moyo managed to take the registration number of the vehicle which assisted him in identifying and arresting Makunani on 17 March.
The driver of the kombi is however still at large.
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