Two more people suspected of robbing Apostole Charles Chiriseri’s corpse last year have died in accidents bringing the total number of people to three.
The third person is Constable Mkhokheli Mpofu (30) who died last Friday and was buried on Monday after he was hit by a vehicle being driven by former police officer Mr Peter Cahile who failed to stop at a roadblock near the spot wher Mpofu allegedly stole $200 from Chiriseri’s corpse. A Kurai Bus Service Conductor, Forget Chikweya, who allegedly stole a Samsung S6 phone at the accident scene died on 9 November last year in a car accident. Police recovered the cellphone from a Harare woman, Cynthia Nyanga who said she bought the phone from Chikweya.
Honest Hleza, a fire fighter from the Bulawayo Fire Brigade, who allegedly stole a laptop died in December last year in a car accident on his way to work. Police recovered the laptop from a woman Hleza had sold the gadget to. Mthandazo Rick Dube who is also accused survived the accident but is said to have spent some time in hospital.
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