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Michael Magoronga
A BID to impress a girlfriend backfired for a Jet Stores employee, after he was jailed for stealing panties.
Tawanda Chakaziva (26) an accounts clerk at Jet Stores Kwekwe Branch stole a pair of panties, a skirt and a short, valued at $22,85, leading to his arrest.
Chakaziva was apprehended by security guards after he stashed the stuff in his underwear with the intention to give his girlfriend, a Great Zimbabwe University student.
For the offence, Kwekwe Magistrate Tayengwa Sangster sentenced him to nine months imprisonment, five of which were suspended on condition of good behaviour.
The remaining four were commuted to 140 hours of community service at Chiedza Primary School by the magistrate after a full trial.
The court heard that on October 9 this year, Chakaziva stole a pair ladies’ panties, skirt and short valued at $22,85, which he placed in a plastic bag and hid them in his underwear, but was unlucky to be apprehended by the security guards.
The convict stole the goods intending to give to his girlfriend, a marketing student at Great Zimbabwe University.
In mitigation, Chakaziva pleaded with the court to be lenient with him as he wanted to please his girlfriend.
“Your Worship, I am so apologetic. I wanted to give them to my girlfriend for her birthday. I have suffered enough since I have lost my job and have been thrown into the reserve pool of unemployment, I am begging this honourable court to spare me a custodial sentence and I am more than willing to perform community service,” he pleaded.
Online Reporter