An emotional mess

Suspect loses cool in court protesting innocence

Emotions boiled over on a hot Tuesday morning at Francistown Magistrates Court this week when an armed robbery suspect lost his cool and broke down in tears, screaming that he was being starved in prison.

Claiming to have lost 17kg since his incarceration back in July, Gabriel Mutaurwa, 36, shouted his innocence from the dock, insisting he was not even in the country when the offence he was jailed for took place.

Begging the Magistrate to listen to him, the Zimbabwean, who is incarcerated at Gerald Estates Centre for Illegal Immigrant...