Man sells sister's household goods, jailed

A MAN from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo has been jailed for a year for stealing his sister's household property worth $300.

Caroline Ncube, 33, called the police on her brother Freeman Ncube, 31, after he stole her property including a slow cooker, toaster, an electric iron, door handles and locks.

Ncube told Western Commonage magistrate, Themba Chimiso, that he stole the property to raise money to go to his rural home.

"I wanted to go and see where my grandfather had been laid to rest. I stole the property for resale in order to raise money for me to go to Kezi," said Ncube.

He was initially sentenced to 18 months imprisonment, but three months were suspended on condition of good behaviour while the other three months were suspended on condition that he restitutes his sister.

"You are therefore going to save an effective 12 months in prison," said Chimiso.

Prosecuting, Mufaro Mageza said on March 28, Ncube was left in Caroline's house after she went on a visit to Tsholotsho.

"She returned home on April 21 and found her property which includes an electrical iron, toaster, slow cooker, door handles and locks, and clothes missing. She then asked her brother who admitted that he took the property and sold it to different unknown people," said Mageza.