BY WANDILE TSHUMA
Two teenagers appeared in court facing theft charges after stealing a satchel containing electronic goods from a parked car in Hwange.
Godwishes Mpofu (19) and Gift Rabu (19) were arrested and charged with theft after they allegedly broke into the complainant’s vehicle on September 21 at around 2300 hours.
They made off with a satchel containing an Acer laptop, Oppo power bank, TP Link modem, external hard drive, POS machine, surge protector, laptop power pack, A5 diaries, Nokia C105, Itel Vision cell phone, and other items.
The police received a report and launched an investigation, which led to their arrest on September 25.
The Hwange Magistrate’ Court some gadgets had already been sold and were arrested as they were advertising the rest.
The accused were sentenced to 14 months imprisonment.
The sentence included 4 months suspended for 5 years, 2 months suspended on the condition that the accused pay back ZWG639, and the remaining 8 months suspended on the condition that each accused person performs 280 hours of community service.
The sentence was handed down, and the accused were given conditions to fulfill to avoid serving the full term.