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Thieving model speaks : I have enough money to buy those jumpsiuts
03 Jan 2016 at 08:20hrs | Views
Model Mercy Kamanura who was accused last year of stealing a $40 jumpsuit at the First Street Edgars branch maintains that she was wrongly accused.
Kamanura, 2015 second princess in the Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe finals and popularly known as the "thieving model" told the Standard that the court case 'was very interesting, a simple situation that was exaggerated'.
She said her account with the store had "enough money to even buy a number of those jumpsuits."
She was convicted and fined $80 by a Harare magistrate.
"The black Opal victory was fun, and I loved every bit of it. The court case was very interesting, a simple situation that was exaggerated" she is quoted saying.
"They gave the public a view that never got the other side spoken. The quest over the all fight was not because I couldn't have just admitted to pay a fine in the first place and just move on, but it was because my life principle is I do not admit to false things so that I can please people," she said.
"Yes, it cost a lot of money to stand my ground. I do not regret standing for truth even though it came with a cost. I would rather spend my resources fighting for truth than to covet a lie," Kamanura said.
Asked how her family and friends treated her during the trial, Kamanura said: "Family and friends have no issues with me because they know me well enough to be financially stable to not do such a foolish thing. Risking a name I built over the years.
"Notwithstanding stealing a jumpsuit I can't fit in at the same time holding an account which had enough money to even buy a number of those jumpsuits."
Kamanura, 2015 second princess in the Black Opal Face of Zimbabwe finals and popularly known as the "thieving model" told the Standard that the court case 'was very interesting, a simple situation that was exaggerated'.
She said her account with the store had "enough money to even buy a number of those jumpsuits."
She was convicted and fined $80 by a Harare magistrate.
"The black Opal victory was fun, and I loved every bit of it. The court case was very interesting, a simple situation that was exaggerated" she is quoted saying.
"They gave the public a view that never got the other side spoken. The quest over the all fight was not because I couldn't have just admitted to pay a fine in the first place and just move on, but it was because my life principle is I do not admit to false things so that I can please people," she said.
"Yes, it cost a lot of money to stand my ground. I do not regret standing for truth even though it came with a cost. I would rather spend my resources fighting for truth than to covet a lie," Kamanura said.
Asked how her family and friends treated her during the trial, Kamanura said: "Family and friends have no issues with me because they know me well enough to be financially stable to not do such a foolish thing. Risking a name I built over the years.
"Notwithstanding stealing a jumpsuit I can't fit in at the same time holding an account which had enough money to even buy a number of those jumpsuits."
Source - The Standard
