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Elizabeth Tsuro, Midlands Reporter
A THIEF who escaped from a police station will spend the next six months in jail.
Everisto Sungwa of Village Chamisa in Chirumhanzu had pleaded not guilty to escaping from lawful custody when he appeared before Gweru magistrate, Musaiona Shotgame.
Sungwa told the court he bribed a cop to gain freedom.
“I didn’t escape from the police. I was freed by a police officer who demanded a $20 bribe. Please let me go home to take care of my disabled wife and five children,” he said.
The magistrate said Sungwa committed a serious offence which deserved a deterrent sentence.
“Your crime caused police officers to lose their jobs. If we give you community service you will escape again,” he said.
“I hereby sentence you to 12 months imprisonment of which six months is suspended for five years on condition you do not commit a similar offence.”
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