15 FEBRUARY 2003, Page 29

Mugabe's monsterings

From Mr George Fleet Sir: Please could I beg you to keep up your coverage of the troubles in Zimbabwe?

In the past week two single and elderly women have been harassed in their homes by intruders. A friend of mine was attacked at gunpoint at noon on 26 January by four intruders whom he struck back at and they fled. He was lucky, and so were his dogs who were shot at.

It was just 12 months ago that my granddaughter was badly cut on her ankle after being hauled out of a car during a hijacking, and she will carry that disfiguring scar for life.

There are many such tales which do not make the British press as they are no longer considered newsworthy.

George Fleet

Harare, Zimbabwe