ZIMBABWE: UNDERWEAR ROBBER, SERIAL KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH
March 14, 2019: A serial killer dubbed the “Underwear Robber” for stealing his victims’ clothes and forcing them to walk naked was on 12 March 2019 handed a death as well as a life sentence for killing three people and robbing them of their cellphones and money. Birthwell Sibanda (25) of Pumula South in Bulawayo is already serving a 25-year jail term for 10 counts of armed robbery following his conviction by regional magistrate, Mr Trynos Utahwashe, in February 2015. Sibanda had also been charged with three counts of rape, but they were dropped after the magistrate ruled that the evidence against him was weak. (Sources: zimeye.net, 13/03/2019)
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