Mandla Fuyane (40) was sentenced to three months in prison when he appeared before Ms Judith Taruvinga for squandering $650 which he had been given to buy a cow that was to be slaughtered at his friend’s wedding last year.
After the incident the complainant Leonard Bhebhe had to postpone the wedding indefinitely in June last year. Bhebhe’s three month prison sentence was wholly suspended on condition he pays back the complainant. In passing the sentence, Ms Taruvinga considered that Fuyane was an unemployed first offender who was looking after seven minor dependents.
The court heard that on June 13 last year, Fuyane took $650 from Bhebhe which was meant to buy a cow to be slaughtered at Bhebhe’s wedding scheduled for August 2016. Fuyane converted the money to his own use.
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