A STREET kid, popularly known as ‘Most Wanted’ at the Copacabana bus terminus in Harare, is facing murder charges after he and his gang attacked and murdered a 57-year-old man in the CBD.
His real name is Takudzwa Mombeshora, 20.
He turned violent, when he was being arrested, and bit off one of the detective’s fingers.
He was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Apollonia Marutya.
He was remanded in custody as he is facing a third schedule offense.
The court heard that on January 15, the late Forbes Jile of Dzivaresekwa left the Big Apple Sports Bar to look for transport to his home.
It is alleged that as he was walking along Nelson Mandela Street in Harare’s CBD, he was confronted by Mombeshora and his gang members, who are still at large.
They grabbed his bag before they pushed him to the ground.
They started hitting his head while the others were searching his pockets.
They took his wallet, which had US$10, an Itel 70 cell phone and ran away.
Jile’s body was discovered by another street kid who filed a police report.
A post mortem examination was carried and the pathologist concluded that the cause of death was head trauma and subdural hematoma.
Detectives from CID Homicide took over the investigation and gathered information that Mombeshora had disappeared from Harare CBD soon after committing the offence.
He was arrested at Copacabana rank.
Rufaro Chonzi prosecuted.
