HARARE – Two serial killers posed as hitch-hikers and killed two drivers who offered them a lift, including a High Court Sheriff, a Harare court heard on Monday.

Francis Alimonso, 36, and Day Kaseke, 26, were only released from prison in June this year after being banged up for murder.

Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa denied the two men bail.

High Court sheriff Takudzwa Karasa, 30, was driving a government truck on September 14 this year when the two men flagged him down in Epworth, saying they were heading to Ruwa.

Sebastian Mutizirwa, prosecuting, said when they reached Mara Farm, one of the men indicated that they had reached their destination.

Kasara stopped the vehicle and without warning, the men pounced on him. It is alleged they cut off the seat belts before they dragged him for about 50 meters into the bush.

They tore Karasa’a suit and used it to blindfold him. The two suspects used the seat belts to tie his legs and hands and went on to tie him to a tree using his torn suit.

Alimonso and Kaseke then demanded his EcoCash PIN before they struck him with a blunt object.

Kasara’s body was not found until two days later by a woman fetching firewood.

The two killers drove around in Karasa’s government vehicle before they dumped it in central Harare.

On October 1, using the same modus operandi, the two men asked for a lift from Isheanesu Brian Kadenge, 24, saying they were going to Norton.

When they reached Lake Chivero turn-off, one of the suspects requested to be dropped off.

The two, who told investigators they were in the company of four other accomplices still at large, then attacked him and tore his clothes which they used to tie him to a tree in Mbizi Game Park.

His body was also discovered two days later by one Silindeni Mwachebe, 66, who was taking a comfort break in the bush.

The killers took Kadenge’s vehicle and dumped it in Harare CBD.

The two were arrested after a tip off and were arrested in Epworth.

They led the police to stolen goods including wallets and cellphones belonging to the dead men.

Alimonso and Kaseke were on bail after challenging their conviction and sentence for a murder whose details were not revealed in court.