Constable
Nomore
Muradzikwa
(37),
stationed
at
Hillside
Police
Station,
was
brought
before
Bulawayo
Magistrate
Maxwell
Ncube
on
Tuesday
afternoon.
He
was
not
asked
to
plead
and
was
advised
to
apply
for
bail
at
the
High
Court.
Represented
by
Tinashe
Tashaya
of
Sengweni
Legal
Services,
Muradzikwa
was
remanded
in
custody
until
April
1.
The
prosecution,
led
by
Nkanyezi
Xaba,
detailed
the
events
of
March
6,
2025,
when
Muradzikwa
and
Detective
Constable
Cassandra
Hove
were
part
of
a
team
pursuing
armed
robbery
suspects
in
Pumula
South.
According
to
the
State,
Muradzikwa
was
armed
with
a
CZ
pistol
(serial
number
BSAP
44)
when
he
advanced
toward
Fikile
Ncube
(26),
a
robbery
suspect
under
investigation
by
CID
Homicide.
“He
cocked
his
firearm
and
fired
a
shot,
hitting
Ncube
on
the
left
elbow.
The
bullet
then
ricocheted
and
struck
Hove
in
the
chest,
killing
her,”
Xaba
told
the
court.
Initially,
police
believed
Hove
had
been
shot
by
armed
robbers
during
the
operation.
However,
in
a
shocking
turn
of
events,
Muradzikwa
later
admitted
to
firing
the
fatal
shot.
Hove
was
a
member
of
Bulawayo’s
elite
all-female
CID
unit,
Team
Lozikeyi.
She
was
laid
to
rest
on
March
10
at
her
rural
home
in
Mberengwa.
Post
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