Musa Mukuli, a police officer who was arrested for allegedly stealing copper cables from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Precabe Farm in Kwekwe, has been granted bail by the High Court, reported the Source.
The 40-year-old cop based at Nehanda Police Station in Gweru had initially been denied bail by Kwekwe Magistrate Samukelisiwe Gumbo.
However, Masvingo High Court Judge Justice Sunsley Zisengwe granted Mukuli ZWL$300 000 bail via a virtual court.
Mukuli is being represented by Esau Mandip of Mutatau and Mandipa Legal Practice.
As part of bail conditions, Mukuli was ordered to continue residing at Senga Camp and report once a week at CID Gweru.
He was also ordered not to interfere with witnesses or investigations until the matter is finalised.
Allegations were that Mukuli and three other accomplices who are on the run stole copper cables from the two neighbouring farms in the Sherwood Block.
The suspects pounced on Precabe Farm and stole copper cables but Mukuli was nabbed by alert security details when the gang tried to steal the solar panels from Brownland Farm.
Prosecuting, Michelle Daraja said that on 07 September, Mukuli and three accomplices, Brandon Ncube, William Wurayayi and one Jameson went to Precabe Farm where they stole copper cables from a water pump house near Munyati River.
While in the act, they were interrupted by a water pump attendant, Liberty Zunga, who was conducting perimeter checks but three others managed to escape.
Mukuli was apprehended but he wrestled with a water pump attendant at Precabe Farm, Liberty Zunga, and overpowered him and managed to escape.
On 14 September at around 11 PM, the gang connived to steal solar panels from Brownland Estate Farm. Said Daraja:
The four accused persons went to the mentioned farm and removed and took 3×335 watts solar panels supplying power to the borehole. They hid the panels in a nearby bush.
They were, however, spotted by the security details from neighbouring Precabe Farm who tracked them down.
The court also heard that as the suspects attempted to board their getaway Honda Fit vehicle, the security details pounced and managed to apprehend Mukuli while three others escaped.
Mukuli indicated that they had hidden the solar panels in a bush near the scene and this linked them to the copper cables theft.
The security details handed over Mukuli to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Kwekwe leading to his subsequent appearance in court.
Source PindulaNews
