By A Correspondent- Lawyers for the 9 armed robbers Mussa Taj Abudul and others have finished submitting their mitigations before magistrate Barbara Mateko.

The state has also finished its submissions.

At 15:00hrs they will be back in court for sentencing.

The development comes after the notorious nine, who’ve been on a spate of armed robberies, were found guilty of the alleged robberies.

The nine who appeared before magistrate Mateko at Harare magistrates court in court 5 for judgment for illegally possessing firearm and ammunition have been found guilty and remanded for tomorrow for mitigation and sentencing.

Their lawyer Mrs Concillia Maheya was absent.

The nine include: Mussa Taj Abudul, Tapiwa Mangoma, Liberty Mupamhanga and 6 others. M

agistrate Mrs Barbra Mateko in convicting the nine said it was clear that they were acting in common purpose when they were arrested.

The nine were arrested in Beitbridge in August 2020 following a tip-off.