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. Sharon Chiware
SOMEONE somewhere is reading from a stolen Bible and they could just reap the wages of sin!
But probably not their sin because they bought or received a stolen Bible from Tawanda Ganyiwa (27) unknowingly.
Ganyiwa from Harare appeared before magistrate Elizabeth Magomore facing charges of stealing 18 Bibles from Pick n Pay shelves in Gweru. He was sentenced to nine months in prison.
In passing the sentence, Magomore said she considered that Ganyiwa was a first time offender who pleaded guilty to the charge.
a�?However, you committed a serious offence of theft. The property is valued at $444,60 and all was not recovered meaning you benefited from the offence,a�? said Ms Magomore.
a�?You are sentenced to nine months imprisonment of which three months imprisonment is suspended for five years on condition that you do not commit a similar offence. A further three months imprisonment is suspended on condition that you restitute the complainant $444,60 before August 31. The remaining three months are effective,a�? she said.
Prosecuting, Andrew Marimo told the court that on July 19 Ganyiwa, with two accomplices who are still at large, entered Pick n Pay Supermarket and took 18 bibles from the shelves.
The court heard that the accomplices hid the Bibles in their clothes and walked past the till points, without paying for the Bibles and the action was captured on CCTV.
The supermarketa��s security guards arrested Ganyiwa but his friends got away with the Bibles. It appears the thieves missed the a�?Thou shalt not steala�? part of the Ten Commandments. The Bible is reportedly the most commonly stolen book in the world.
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