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A SOLDIER based at 1 Air Defence in Redcliff was recently jailed three months or alternatively pay a $200 fine for robbing and assaulting a bartender. Don Mlambo (28) of W671 Amaveni in Kwekwe appeared before Mr Tayengwa Sangster after he beat up Beulah Sandate, a bartender before forcibly taking $20 from her.
Mr Sangster convicted Mlambo of assault and fined him $200, failure of which he will spend three months behind bars.
Representing the State, Mr Freddy Ndoro said on November 22 at around 1am, Sandate was at Telavivo Night Club where she works as a bartender.
Mlambo, who was drinking in the same bar, then approached Sandate and attempted to buy beer with money which was 50 cents short. She refused and a misunderstanding ensured between the two, with Mlambo insisting that he should get the beer.
Mlambo then jumped over the counter where he kicked Sandate several times on the face with his boots.
After the assault, Mlambo then went on to forcibly take $20 from the money Sandate was counting, and disappeared into the night.
Sandate then made a report to the police, leading to the arrest of Mlambo.
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