By Own Correspondent| Four notorious robbers who terrorised commuters countrywide and were nabbed in 2013 and sentenced to 70 years today appeared before a Harare magistrate facing more charges of armed robbery.

The four Crynos Chisuwi (25), Norest Mashiri (20), Stanley Maendesa (26) and Njabulo Gumbo (26) who pleaded guilty to several counts of robbery when appeared before Chinhoyi regional magistrate Mr Never Katiyo in 2013.

Their matter was today postponed to September 14 2018.

The quartet are already serving varying jail terms following their conviction for a spate of armed robberies targeting commuters and motorists on the country’s major highways.

Chisuwi who had nine counts of robbery and was the owner of the two vehicles used in the robberies was sentenced to 70 years in jail with 14 suspended on condition that he does not commit a related offence in the next five years.

A further 24 years of the sentence is running concurrently with his jail term meaning he is serving an effective 34 years in prison. Maendesa and Gumbo are also serving the same number of years.

Mashiri is serving 18 years as he was said to be young according to the law.
The vehicles they were using — a Toyota Corolla and a Toyota Altezza — were also forfeited to the State in accordance with Section 62 of the Criminal Procedure Act.