By Own Correspondent- Three men from Dzivaresekwa in Harare were slapped with five year jail terms each by Harare magistrate Elisha Singano for stealing from a local businessman goods worth over $20k.

The trio were hauled before the court on allegations of robbing the businessman Econet airtime worth $20 000, a laptop and mobile phone during the January riots.

The trio, identified as Paul Chilenje (32), Tapiwa Muvishi (29) and John Karoti (28) will, however, serve four years each after one year was set aside on condition of good behaviour.

The three were armed with stones when they attacked Passmore Kaseke’s vehicle along the Harare-Bulawayo highway on January 14.

They took away Kaseke’s Note 8 cellphone, a black satchel bag with airtime worth $20 000, Nokia mobile phone, iPhone 6 plus, two chargers and a ZTE mobile phone.

The police managed to recover goods worth $2 000.