adminEmily Mbewe Court Reporter
A Haddon and Sly EcoCash agent was yesterday sentenced to a suspended 12 months imprisonment for stealing $994 from her employer. Wadzanai Mandizvidza, 19, had pleaded guilty to stealing only $600 when she appeared before magistrate Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze.
In passing sentence, Msipa-Marondedze told the court that Mandizvidza is a first offender who pleaded guilty and did not waste the court’s time.
“You partially pleaded guilty to the charge and told the court that you were only aware of $600 not the $994 that was mentioned. You are therefore sentenced to 12 months imprisonment of which three months of the sentence is suspended for five years on condition you do not commit a similar offence within a period of five years. The other three months are suspended on condition you complete 210 hours of community service at Lukhanyiso Primary School, while the remaining three months is suspended on condition you restitute the complainant of $400 by August 28 through the clerk of court Bulawayo by 4PM,” said Msipa-Marondedze.
On Wednesday, Mandizvidza refused to do community service before magistrate Msipa-Marondedze and was remanded in custody.
Prosecuting, Dumisani Ndlovu told the court that from May 8 this year to May 17 Mandizvidza was employed at Haddon and Sly supermarket as an Ecocash agent.
“Mandizvidza stole $600 on May 8 before she went away unnoticed,” said Ndlovu.
He told the court that Mandizvidza stole the balance on dates unknown to the prosecutor.
Meanwhile, a Kensington woman was yesterday sentenced to nine months imprisonment after she stole her aunt’s Ecocash password and transferred $300 from her account.
Nomvelo Nkosi, 20, sent some of the money to her in-laws and bought them airtime.
She was convicted of theft on her own plea of guilty by Msipa-Marondedze and sentenced to nine months imprisonment.
Nkosi told the court that she wanted to buy food using the money she stole.
Prosecuting, Ndlovu told the court that on a date unknown to the prosecutor Nkosi got hold of Priscilla Mloyiswa’s mobile phone and transferred $20 to Lovely Nyathi, her mother-in-law.
He told the court that on March 10, Nkosi transferred $60 while on March 19 she took $150. Ndlovu said Nkosi transferred $8 on March 23, $15 on March 25 before taking a further $30 and $13 using the same method on the same date.
Ndlovu told the court that the money stolen amounted to $300 and nothing was recovered.
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