A 21-year-old suspect is due to appear in court on Thursday, 2 December 2021 following his arrest on Tuesday, 20 November 2021 at his home in White City, Nyanga.
The Station Commander of Nyanga, Brigadier Vuyisile Ncata responded to a complaint by the suspect’s grandmother reporting that the suspect was violent and shouting at her and had damaged windows at their house.
The suspect was arrested and during the process an unlicensed firearm with ammunition and a magazine belonging to him were recovered in the house. The firearm serial number was filed off.
He was arrested for the possession of a prohibited firearm and malicious damage to property.
The suspect was out on bail on a case of murder he committed in July this year in Nyanga.
He also had another pending case of house robbery which he committed in April this year in Table View. On the Nyanga murder case the suspect is due to appear in court in January and in February for the Table View case.
He is due to appear in the Athlone Magistrates’ court, once charged, for the possession of a prohibited firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and malicious damage to property.
