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Armed robber 'Hardlife' imprisoned for two years
04 May 2012 at 23:59hrs | Views
A Breitbridge man, Hardlife Nheya (23) was yesterday imprisoned for two years. Nheya is one of the three suspected armed robber who waylaid and robbed a Beitbridge man of cash at knifepoint and stripped him naked.
Nheya of no fixed abode in the border town was convicted on his own plea of guilty on two charges of robbery.
Ms Gwinth Drawo presided over the matter. Nheya was left with two years effective to serve after the magistrate conditionally suspended one year for five years.
He was also slapped with an additional 60 days imprisonment for possessing four twists of mbanje (dagga) at the time of his arrest.
Charges are that on 26 April at around 10am, the complainant was on his way to a bushy area to seek the services of a prophet who is based in a bushy area near Dulibadzimu clinic.
The man was the spotted by Nheya and his two accomplices who are still at large. The trio later confronted him and Nheya pulled out a knife ordering their victim to remove his trousers.
They also stole his cell phone and R50 cash. They disappeared into the bush. Later that day the trio confronted a security guard in a bushy area near Mashakada Business Centre whom Nheya threatened to stab if he refused to give them money.
The suspects then searched the guard and a cell phone worth US$200 and fled. Both cases were reported to the police leading to Nheya's arrested in Dulibadzimu suburb on the same day after he was spotted by one of the complainants wearing his trousers.
The stolen cell phones and the trousers were in turn recovered.
Upon being searched by police detectives the accused was found with four twists of mbanje.
Nheya of no fixed abode in the border town was convicted on his own plea of guilty on two charges of robbery.
Ms Gwinth Drawo presided over the matter. Nheya was left with two years effective to serve after the magistrate conditionally suspended one year for five years.
He was also slapped with an additional 60 days imprisonment for possessing four twists of mbanje (dagga) at the time of his arrest.
Charges are that on 26 April at around 10am, the complainant was on his way to a bushy area to seek the services of a prophet who is based in a bushy area near Dulibadzimu clinic.
The man was the spotted by Nheya and his two accomplices who are still at large. The trio later confronted him and Nheya pulled out a knife ordering their victim to remove his trousers.
They also stole his cell phone and R50 cash. They disappeared into the bush. Later that day the trio confronted a security guard in a bushy area near Mashakada Business Centre whom Nheya threatened to stab if he refused to give them money.
The suspects then searched the guard and a cell phone worth US$200 and fled. Both cases were reported to the police leading to Nheya's arrested in Dulibadzimu suburb on the same day after he was spotted by one of the complainants wearing his trousers.
The stolen cell phones and the trousers were in turn recovered.
Upon being searched by police detectives the accused was found with four twists of mbanje.
Source - courts
