adminSukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent
TWO Plumtree men who were arrested for smoking dagga told a magistrate that evil spirits led them to commit the offence.
Bambanani Ndlovu, 25, and Milton Ngwenya, 26, of George Silundika area in Plumtree who pleaded with the court for leniency, told Plumtree magistrate Gideon Ruvetsa that they were righteous men.
“Please your worship we do not normally engage in such immoral behaviour. We go to church and we are righteous men. We were not in our right senses when we smoked dagga but evil spirits were upon us.
“It was just the work of the devil and it will not happen again. The devil had sent these evil spirits to consume us so that we would become spiritually weak,” said Ngwenya.
Ndlovu and Ngwenya were caught smoking dagga on April 6 in a bushy area at Alpha Houses in Plumtree.
Police detectives who were patrolling the area found the two men.
Prosecuting, Medica Tshuma said: “On April 6 around 7pm police detectives that were patrolling the area received information to the effect that the two men were smoking dagga in a bushy area.
“They made a follow-up and found Ndlovu and Ngwenya smoking dagga leading to their immediate arrest. The dagga was recovered.”
Ruvetsa sentenced them to three months imprisonment each which were converted to 105 hours of community service that they have to perform at Plumtree Magistrates’ Courts.
In passing sentence, the magistrate told the two men to desist from justifying their actions.
“You have no one to blame for your actions but yourselves. These evil spirits that you are going on about, if ever you know what you are talking about, did not buy the dagga for you but you did that on your own and in your full senses.
“So quit justifying what you did by blaming these evil spirits. You are responsible for your own actions,” said Ruvetsa.
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