Zimbabwe: Court Orders Cop, Govt to Compensate Dog Bite Victim

14 April 2021

A Zimbabwe court has ordered a police officer and his bosses to pay RTGS$150 000 to a 40 year-old man as compensation for damages suffered after he was mauled by a dog set upon him by a law enforcement agent.

Rusape Magistrate Rufaro Mangwiro recently ordered Constable Zwelibanzi Masuko, Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe to compensate Unity Saunyama, a resident of Rusape in Manicaland province after he sued them for damages arising from injuries which he sustained from being attacked by a police dog.

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