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THREE police officers and a member of the neighbourhood watch committee in Beitbridge have been arrested after they were bribed with $2 400 in fake notes by a suspected stockthief.

THE case in which two detectives allegedly extorted R80€000 from two gold dealers was on Tuesday postponed to Monday because the defence lawyer did not attend court. Mr David Mhiribidi, of D W Mhiribidi and Partners is representing Detective Sergeants Moses Taruva and Godfrey Moyo.

A pastor with a Pentecostal church in Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly raping two women from his church on separate occasions. Greatness Tapfuma (31), of 12 Helm Road in North End and is a pastor at Kingdom Rulers Church in the city centre, allegedly raped a 25-year-old congregant twice and another one who is aged 22 once.

A blunder by the state nearly cost Bulawayo businessman Joubert Maplanka his freedom after he was arrested by police for bigamy and brought before the courts when the case had already surpassed the time frame of prosecution.