US$12 000 worth of property destroyed as Zimbabwe former President’s son Robert Mugabe Jnr rages over alleged gardener’s urine
By Delicious Mathuthu
One of Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s sons, Robert Junior (31), on Sunday morning (19 February) destroyed property worth US$12 000 in Harare’s Strathaven Suburb in a fit of rage after accusing his friend’s gardener of urinating on his car.
Wind screens of two Mercedes Benz vehicles, a CLS and an E350D were broken, household electrical gadgets destroyed and windows shuttered in the rage.
He was arrested and detained under Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Avondale.
A police statement from the Officer Commanding Police in Harare Suburban District, states that Robert Junior and the complainant, Sindiso Nkathazo (31), are friends and had driven to the later’s house in the wee hours of Sunday morning.
At around 9 am, the police statement states, Robert Junior had a heated arguement with Nkathazo’s gardener accusing him of urinating on his car’s wheel.
“On 19 February 2023 at around 0030 hours, complainant and accused proceeded to complainant’s house and slept there.
“At around 0900 hours, the accused person had a heated argument with the complainant’s gardener (name not supplied) whom he accused of having urinated on the wheel of his car.
“The gardener noticed that the complainant was becoming violent and ran away.
“In a fit of rage, the accused person broke wind screens of a Mercedes Benz CLS registration number AES 6207 and Mercedes Benz E350D registration number AFG 5847.
“He also damaged various properties including windows and household electrical gadgets.
“Value damaged is US$12 000-00,” the statement reads.
Robert Junior, who is the second born in a family of three, two boys and one girl, is not new to controversy as he and his brother, Chatunga Bellarmine, were once evicted from their South African luxury apartment in Sandton, Johannesburg after a fight which left one the security officers nursing a broken arm and leg.
Robert Junior is also considered one of the most influential youths in Zimbabwe after being named 4th by the Zimbabwe Research Institute.
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