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Tanaka Mrewa, Court Reporter
A BULAWAYO woman has been ordered to perform community service for sending obscene messages and pictures to the wife of a man who was having a love affair with her younger sister.
Admitter Mpofu (26) of Nkulumane suburb told Simangele Lusinga (36) of Cowdray Park suburb on Friday last week that her husband was not coming home, hence she was going to sleep alone.
Mpofu, who is married and a mother of three, was convicted on her own plea of guilty to contravening the Post and Telecommunications Act that prohibits sending of gross, offensive, indecent, obscene or threatening material over the phone.
Western Commonage Magistrate Mr Lungile Ncube ordered her to perform 105 hours of community service.
Mpofu apologised to the court for her misconduct.
“I’m sorry about what I did. It’s just that she was fighting with my sister. I erred Your Worship. May this court please be lenient with me and give me a lighter sentence. I have a young kid and sending me to prison would be too harsh,” she said.
Magistrate Ncube chided her for her conduct.
“Such insults are gross. I doubt that if you just clicked on a letter on your phone it would automatically type those words. You deliberately sent those insults. It shows that such language is readily available on your fingertips. You should have at least considered that you are married and a mother before you committed the offence,” said Mr Ncube.
Prosecuting, Ms Magret Takawira said Mpofu sent the messages at around 6.30PM using one Sithembinkosi Moyo’s cellphone on May 26.
The insults cannot be printed in a family paper.
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