Prosecutor Anorld Mudekunye told the court that on October 10, Ncube was seated with Patience Hedebe (30) and her colleague at the veranda of her tuckshop.
A 29-YEAR-OLD soldier has been sent to prison for robbing a tuckshop owner in Plumtree, Matabeleland South province, of cash after entering the building wielding an axe.
Ezra Ncube was sentenced to two years in jail by magistrate Joshua Nembaware on Monday. Nembaware conditionally suspended one year.
Prosecutor Anorld Mudekunye told the court that on October 10, Ncube was seated with Patience Hedebe (30) and her colleague at the veranda of her tuckshop.
Ncube, who was armed with an axe, suddenly entered the tuckshop and stole US$40 and ZAR668 while threatening to axe Hedebe. A police report was later made, leading to his arrest.
