Online Reporter
Yeukai Karengezeka
THERE was no hiding under the cover of darkness for three Southlea Park sex workers and their married client who were caught red-handed having sex in public. They were dragged straight to court for their X-rated antics.
Mellisa Mapanga (23), Rutendo Joseph (27), and Elsie Mupesa (22), all self-confessed sex workers, were arrested with their pants down alongside Takura Pedzisai (35), a married man who left his pregnant wife at home for a wild night out.
The four pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct when they appeared before Mbare magistrate Tatenda Mukurunga.
In court, the women boldly admitted they survive on sex work. Magistrate Mukurunga fined them US$50 each, or 45 days in the slammer if they fail to pay.
Pedzisai got a heavier slap, a US$100 fine, with the court taking aim at his betrayal of his unborn child and wife.
The bust went down around 9pm on 9 June, after Constable Precious Manyimbiri of ZRP Southlea Park and her team swooped in on the horny foursome following a tip-off.
According to prosecutor Simbiso Shonhiwa, cops arrived just in time to catch the heat in action, leading to immediate arrests and a night behind bars for the sex-crazed suspects.
The magistrate issued a strong warning to all would-be public rompers: keep it indoors or face the wrath of the law.
Public sex is no joke, and as this steamy saga proves, even the darkest corners of Southlea Park aren’t safe from the long arm of the law.
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