Mashudu Mambo

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl whose picture went viral on social media platforms after kidnapping her employers’ one-year eight-month-old son before she drove off in their car, a BMW, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment. 

Initially, the teenager had lied about her age purporting to be 19 years old. However, upon her first appearance in court soon after her arrest, it was also established that she had also used a fake name.

The girl from Filabusi in Insiza District, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, was convicted last month by Bulawayo regional magistrate Mr Mark Dzira on her own plea of guilty to kidnapping and theft. 

She was sentenced to two years for kidnapping and another two years for theft, which will run concurrently.

The teenager was a commercial sex worker operating at a local hotel and a nightspot in Cowdray Park.

She was caught in Bulawayo’s Iminyela high-density suburb outside a house when she was spotted by members of the public following an appeal by police for members of the public to help locate her.

When she was apprehended, the white BMW car she had made off with had run out of fuel. 

Prosecuting, Ms Concilia Ncube said on October 31 at around 8.45 am, the girl’s employer who is the complainant in the matter, left for work leaving the baby in the girl’s custody.

At around 10:30am, the complainant was then called by one Mthulisi Moyo whom she had sent to deliver wedding chairs to their house in Paddonhurst suburb. Upon arrival, Moyo discovered that the gate and the door leading to the sitting room were open and there was no one in the house.

“When the complainant phoned the accused to establish her whereabouts, the accused insisted that she was at home. The complainant and her husband drove home only to find their white BMW missing from the yard,” said Ms Ncube.

The court heard that the couple also discovered that the accused and their son were also not at home. The complainant then called one Perseverance Sibanda, an agent who had assisted her to look for a maid so that she could help locate the accused person without success.

The complainant then reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the accused person the following day.

The teenage girl was arrested after detectives received a tip-off from members of the public who had spotted her carrying the baby at a house in Iminyela suburb.

Upon arrest, the accused led police to an area where she had parked the stolen car and the front bumper was extensively damaged.

Mashudu Mambo

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl whose picture went viral on social media platforms after kidnapping her employers’ one-year eight-month-old son before she drove off in their car, a BMW, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment. 

Initially, the teenager had lied about her age purporting to be 19 years old. However, upon her first appearance in court soon after her arrest, it was also established that she had also used a fake name.

The girl from Filabusi in Insiza District, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, was convicted last month by Bulawayo regional magistrate Mr Mark Dzira on her own plea of guilty to kidnapping and theft. 

She was sentenced to two years for kidnapping and another two years for theft, which will run concurrently.

The teenager was a commercial sex worker operating at a local hotel and a nightspot in Cowdray Park.

She was caught in Bulawayo’s Iminyela high-density suburb outside a house when she was spotted by members of the public following an appeal by police for members of the public to help locate her.

When she was apprehended, the white BMW car she had made off with had run out of fuel. 

Prosecuting, Ms Concilia Ncube said on October 31 at around 8.45 am, the girl’s employer who is the complainant in the matter, left for work leaving the baby in the girl’s custody.

At around 10:30am, the complainant was then called by one Mthulisi Moyo whom she had sent to deliver wedding chairs to their house in Paddonhurst suburb. Upon arrival, Moyo discovered that the gate and the door leading to the sitting room were open and there was no one in the house.

“When the complainant phoned the accused to establish her whereabouts, the accused insisted that she was at home. The complainant and her husband drove home only to find their white BMW missing from the yard,” said Ms Ncube.

The court heard that the couple also discovered that the accused and their son were also not at home. The complainant then called one Perseverance Sibanda, an agent who had assisted her to look for a maid so that she could help locate the accused person without success.

The complainant then reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the accused person the following day.

The teenage girl was arrested after detectives received a tip-off from members of the public who had spotted her carrying the baby at a house in Iminyela suburb.

Upon arrest, the accused led police to an area where she had parked the stolen car and the front bumper was extensively damaged.

Mashudu Mambo

A 17-YEAR-OLD girl whose picture went viral on social media platforms after kidnapping her employers’ one-year eight-month-old son before she drove off in their car, a BMW, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment. 

Initially, the teenager had lied about her age purporting to be 19 years old. However, upon her first appearance in court soon after her arrest, it was also established that she had also used a fake name.

The girl from Filabusi in Insiza District, who cannot be named for ethical reasons, was convicted last month by Bulawayo regional magistrate Mr Mark Dzira on her own plea of guilty to kidnapping and theft. 

She was sentenced to two years for kidnapping and another two years for theft, which will run concurrently.

The teenager was a commercial sex worker operating at a local hotel and a nightspot in Cowdray Park.

She was caught in Bulawayo’s Iminyela high-density suburb outside a house when she was spotted by members of the public following an appeal by police for members of the public to help locate her.

When she was apprehended, the white BMW car she had made off with had run out of fuel. 

Prosecuting, Ms Concilia Ncube said on October 31 at around 8.45 am, the girl’s employer who is the complainant in the matter, left for work leaving the baby in the girl’s custody.

At around 10:30am, the complainant was then called by one Mthulisi Moyo whom she had sent to deliver wedding chairs to their house in Paddonhurst suburb. Upon arrival, Moyo discovered that the gate and the door leading to the sitting room were open and there was no one in the house.

“When the complainant phoned the accused to establish her whereabouts, the accused insisted that she was at home. The complainant and her husband drove home only to find their white BMW missing from the yard,” said Ms Ncube.

The court heard that the couple also discovered that the accused and their son were also not at home. The complainant then called one Perseverance Sibanda, an agent who had assisted her to look for a maid so that she could help locate the accused person without success.

The complainant then reported the matter to the police leading to the arrest of the accused person the following day.

The teenage girl was arrested after detectives received a tip-off from members of the public who had spotted her carrying the baby at a house in Iminyela suburb.

Upon arrest, the accused led police to an area where she had parked the stolen car and the front bumper was extensively damaged.