A soldier based in Plumtree and his buddy from Bulawayo each got slapped with a decade behind bars after they went on a wild armed robbery rampage through rural Zimbabwe. Edward Moyo and Prince Phuthi hit three spots over two days, waving around a blank airgun and cleaning out small shops and a homeowner. The pair scored cash in multiple currencies plus a bunch of airtime cards, but cops grabbed them pretty quickly after the spree.
Magistrate Malunga Dambudzo wasn't having any of it and handed down the maximum sentence after both dudes pleaded guilty. Police managed to recover a tiny fraction of what got stolen, which came out to over 36,000 rand total. The whole thing started at a general dealer where they ransacked the place, then they forced a shop attendant to take them to her boss's house, where they cleaned him out.
Magistrate Malunga Dambudzo wasn't having any of it and handed down the maximum sentence after both dudes pleaded guilty. Police managed to recover a tiny fraction of what got stolen, which came out to over 36,000 rand total. The whole thing started at a general dealer where they ransacked the place, then they forced a shop attendant to take them to her boss's house, where they cleaned him out.
