A 24-YEAR-OLD thief who stole groceries valued over $1 300 from the newly-opened Choppies supermarket at Chitungwiza Town Centre spent the Christmas holiday in prison, after magistrate Tendai Rusinahama remanded him in custody to today for trial.
By Sofia Mapuranga
Emmanuel Gwai of Unit K, Seke, allegedly stole four bags of 10 kilogrammes of maize seed and five boxes of Protex soap from the supermarket a few days after the shop opened its doors to Chitungwiza shoppers.
Circumstances are that on December 22 at around 2pm, Gwai entered the newly-opened shop and collected the groceries from the shelves like any other shopper.
He loaded his loot into a trolley before trying to walk out of the shop.
However, luck ran out on Gwai as he was apprehended by Farai Silas Chadehama, a manager at the supermarket.
When quizzed on why he was walking out of the shop with a trolley full of unpaid for goods, Gwai produced a fake receipt.
The matter was reported to the police leading to his arrest.
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Ntombikayise Nleya prosecuted.
Meanwhile, a 40-year-old farmer, who was hauled before the courts for failing to pay maintenance since July 2014, attributed his woes to climate change.
Lloyd Chou of 9833 Unit K in Seke said he was failing to realise anything meaningful out of his farming activities because of climate change, hence his maintenance arrears amounting to $2 400.
“I am realising a pathetic yield because I depend on rain-fed agriculture. I am not employed and I depend on farming,” he said, adding that there was nothing he could do to change his situation besides praying for the rains.
Chou said this when he appeared before Chitungwiza regional magistrate Tendai Rusinahama, who ordered him to pay $500 through the Clerk of Court by today.
Chou was also ordered to settle the remaining balance by January 31 or risk spending six months in prison.
Circumstances are that on January 21 2014 at Chitungwiza Magistrates’ Courts, Chou was ordered by the court to pay Angeline Mashiri $150 monthly for the upkeep of their two minor children.
He, however, failed to comply with the court order and is now in arrears of $2 400 from July 2014 to November 2015.
Mashiri reported the matter to the police, leading to his arrest.
Nleya prosecuted.
