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US$270K bank heist: female security guard charged

US$270K bank heist: female security guard charged
Mutsawashe Makuvise
Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:21:00 +0000

A SECURITY guard at a Chegutu bank that was robbed of US$270,000 at gun point last week has appeared in court, charged with giving information about the security set-up at the bank to the robbers.

Beatrice Matare allegedly provided the information to her nephew, Akim Matare, one of the six men who are accused of robbing a Standard Bank branch in the small farming town of Chegutu Tuesday last week.

The robbery, the biggest heist in the country's history, is suspected to have been carried out by three South Africans and three Zimbabweans. One bank employee was shot and wounded in the robbery.

Beatrice, who has worked at the bank for four years, allegedly spied for the robbers, and gave them details of the security set up at the branch, including assurances that there was no armed security personnel.

Four of the suspected robbers have since been arrested, including Akim who later implicated Beatrice in the robbery, which deeply shocked the country.

Labels: ROBBERS

posted by MrK @ 4:11 PM