A Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) officer Rushmore Nyamutata (25) was convicted on his own admission of guilt and was ordered to pay $50 for stealing 4 chickens by magistrate Innocent Bepura.
Nyamutata was charged for stock theft as defined in section 114 (2) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act chapter 9:23. The court heard that on May 23, at around 0339am, Nyamutata stole 4 chickens from Tsitsi Fenyere’s fowl run and hid them outside Fenyere’s house’s security wall before returning to steal more.
Fenyere was, however, awoken by the noise from the chickens. She then screamed for help when she noticed that there was a thief in her fowl run. Nyamutata climbed the security wall in an attempt to flee but landed into the neighbour’s backyard from where he was apprehended by Trust Nyarota and Chamunirwa Maringe.
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