Former Caps United owner Twine Phiri was sentenced to 10 months in prison by Harare Magistrate Lazini Ncube. However, he was given until the 30th of May to settle $24 000 in maintenance arrears or he goes to prison. Phiri has four more pending dockets at the courts. He was taken to the courts by his ex-wife Keresiya for failing to pay maintenance arrears. Last year in March, Phiri was ordered to pay $2 913 per month for the upkeep of his children but only managed to pay $3 600 between April and November.
Phiri pleaded with the court not to give him a custodial sentence saying he was owed a lot of money by Caps United. The state on the other hand argued thathe was wilful defaulter. Prosecutor Progress Maringamoyo said:
He is not a first offender and it has grown to be part of his genes.
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