Just when we thought we’d heard it all, a police station was robbed by a 14 year old. Imagine that! The boy is not even old enough to be a police officer.
The 14 year old boy broke into the armoury at the police station and managed to get away with 2 pistols. In addition, he stole several mobile phones, bank cards and identification cards.
Although there were policemen present at the station, none of them detected the boy and he managed to leave with the stolen items.
The juvenile was caught when he tried to carry out an armed robbery with the stolen pistol. This took place later that day when the 14 year old broke into Gugulethu Mpofu’s home just as she was retiring to bed.
It was Mpofu who realised that the boy was holding the pistol incorrectly which lead her to retrieve it from him.She followed up with a police report. The boy the appeared before Gweru’s Magistrate facing charges of theft and armed robbery.
Now you’re probably wondering what would lead a 14 year old boy into crime.
The boy defended himself saying that he resorted to crime as his employer was not paying him. After not receiving his pay, he stole a bike and and left Lower Gwelo for Gweru. After dumping the bike, he claims he was forced to steal in order to raise bus fare to go back home.
The boy was remanded in custody.
For some reason, crime is at an all time high these days. We recently shared the new strategy Masvingo thieves were using to have their victims surrender everything out of fear.
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