Man (33) gets 9 yrs behind bars for stealing donkeys

A  33-year-old Kariba man has benn sentenced to nine years in jail for stealing three donkeys. Fidelis Kavharo was convicted on his own plea of guilty to contravening Section 114 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23- stock theft, when he appeared before the town's resident magistrate Mr Robson Finsin.
The court heard that sometime in July this year Kavharo of Mapindu village under Chief Nebiri went to Dumbare village under Chief Mashame and stole three donkeys belonging to Eneresi Mapinda. 
Kavharo, who had found the animals grazing without anyone attending to them, later sold the donkeys to one Maningwa Murengwa also from the village.
As she was looking for her donkeys, information filtered to Mapinda that her donkeys were in Murengwa's custody. When police quizzed Murengwa over Mapinda's animals, he implicated Kavharo who was later arrested. Police recovered all the donkeys valued at US$240. Mr Benjamin Negato appeared for the State.