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Vendor up for stealing chewing gums
19 Sep 2015 at 10:16hrs | Views
An aspiring 25 year old Harare vendor stole 35 boxes of chewing gun to start up his business.
Thompson Hungwe was in court for stealing the boxes valued at $77 at Spar supermarket in Braeside.
Hungwe told the court that he had been a broom vendor until the City council declared its war against vendors.
"I used to sell brooms, but when the city council took my brooms l was left with no option but to steal chewing gum to raise money to order more brooms to sale," he said.
He was handed a community service sentence after he pleaded guilty by magistrate Kudzai Zihove.
Thompson Hungwe was in court for stealing the boxes valued at $77 at Spar supermarket in Braeside.
"I used to sell brooms, but when the city council took my brooms l was left with no option but to steal chewing gum to raise money to order more brooms to sale," he said.
He was handed a community service sentence after he pleaded guilty by magistrate Kudzai Zihove.
Source - H-metro
