Bindura lawyer jailed 15 years for armed robbery
AK-47 used in violent snatch of cash, electronics worth US$30 000, court told
By Staff Reporter
A Bindura-based lawyer has been jailed for an effective 15 years imprisonment after masterminding and taking part in an armed robbery incident that happened in Mount Darwin.
Elatone Bonongwe (57) was convicted alongside five accomplices over the October 2023 attack on Pfura Rural District Council engineer Emson Chitsungo.
His co-accused are Musa Gandi, Agnes Kunaka, Terrence Musingwimi, Justin James and Tafadzwa Obrey Chipashu.
During trial, the court heard that Bonongwe and his accomplices armed themselves with an AK-47, a bayonet and iron rods before attacking and ransacking Chitsungo’s home, stealing cash and electronics valued at US$30 000.
Chitsungo sustained a broken arm and injuries to his feet during the attack.
For the crime, Bonongwe was sentenced to an effective 15 years by High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda on Monday.
Justice Kwenda handed down a 20-year sentence with five years suspended on condition Bonongwe does not reoffend within five years.
