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Chisuma man sentenced for assaulting neighbour

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BY NOKUTHABA DLAMINI

A Chisuma man in the outskirts of Victoria Falls has been sentenced to perform 210 hours of community service after he hit his neighbour with a bottle of beer several times on the head accusing him of interfering into his sister’s marital affairs.

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Victoria Falls residents magistrate Godswill Mavenge recently heard this when Ndabenkulu Ndebele (42)  of Chisuma village appeared in court accused of injuring Lewis Maphosa (29) of the same village.

He was charged with assault and he pleaded guilty to the offence.

The state alleged that on December 26 last year and at around 5.30pm, the accused and the complainant were at Vulindlela Shopping Center drinking beer and a misunderstanding rose between the two.

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“The accused asked to talk to me privately at the corner of the shop, but inside,” Maphosa said in his sworn statement.

“He immediately started to assault me with a bottle of beer three times on my head and forehead and as I questioned him about his actions, he told me that I was not supposed to interfere in the quarelling between my sister and her husband.”

According to the medical report, Maphosa sustained a cut on the forehead.

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Before handing over the sentence, Mavenge strongly cautioned the accused against domestic violence.

He was handed 12 months imprisonment of which six months was suspended for five years on condition that he does not commit a similar offence.

The remaining six months were altered to a sentence of community service.

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Hwange duo sentenced to 26 months for wildlife crimes

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BY WANDILE TSHUMA

Two Hwange men have been sentenced to 26 months imprisonment for setting 49 wire snares, including 48 class one snares, in Sinamatela Game Park, resulting in the killing of one impala and two female kudus, with a total value of US$6 000 worth of dried game meat.

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Lungisani Moyo (38) and Joel Nyathi (27), both from Madumabisa Village, were convicted of contravening the Trapping of Animal Control Act.

According to the National Prosecuting Authority, the state presented a case that the two unlawfully set the snares this month, resulting in the illegal killing of one impala and two female kudus.

The matter came to light after a joint patrol by police and Zim-Parks officers intercepted a man in the Lwendulu area carrying a suspicious black bag. Upon searching him, authorities recovered 12 bundles of dried game meat.

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Upon probe, the man led officers to Moyo’s residence, where further illegal game products were discovered.

Subsequent searches at both Moyo and Nyathi’s homes yielded a total of 22 bundles of dried game meat, kudu hooves, intestines, and other animal parts.

Police investigations confirmed the use of wire snares to hunt the animals within protected parkland.

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The total value of the poached wildlife is US$6 000.

Of the 26-month sentence, 10 months were suspended for five years, leaving the two to serve an effective 16 months imprisonment.

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Hwange man fined US$1 100 for illegal kudu meat sales

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A 62-year-old man from Hwange has been fined to pay US$1 100 for selling dried kudu meat without a permit.

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This was heard at the Hwange Regional Court when Samson Ncube appeared before a magistrate for selling meat without a license.

The state alleges that Ncube was found with 12kg of dried kudu meat valued at US$480, which he was selling without a permit.

He was arrested by CID Minerals Flora and Fauna and ZimParks during patrols in Lwendulu Village.

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The magistrate sentenced Ncube to pay a fine of US$1 100 by September 19, next month, or face 3 months in jail.

The recovered meat was forfeited.

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Goat thief caught red-handed in Tsholotsho

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A 30-year-old man from Tsholotsho, has been convicted of stock theft after killing a goat he stole at a farm.

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Praymore Sibanda was busted after police recovered the stolen goats carcass at his residence.

Sibanda’s downfall came when he appeared last week before the Tsholotsho Magistrates’ Court facing stock theft charges.

According to the State, on 11 August, Sibanda stole a male goat valued at ZAR 900 from Moses Ncube’s farm.

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The court heard that Sibanda’s reign of theft ended when Ncube discovered the theft and reported it to the police, leading to Sibanda’s arrest after police found the goat meat and the skin at his homestead.

In a bid to teach him a lesson, the magistrate sentenced Sibanda to four months imprisonment, wholly suspended on condition that he restitutes ZAR 900 to the victim.

 

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