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Man torches ex-girlfriend's house
10 Nov 2014 at 03:16hrs | Views
A CHITUNGWIZA man who set his ex-girlfriend's house ablaze destroying property worth about $3 000 was last Friday convicted of malicious damage to property and sentenced to two years in prison.
Tapiwa Chiwara (27), who resides in Unit O, Seke, will however serve an effective one-year jail after magistrate Donald Ndirowei set aside six months of his sentence on condition he restitutes the complainant Charity Masusu (24) of $3 000 on or before November 30 this year.
The other six months were suspended on condition of good behaviour.
In passing sentence, magistrate Ndirowei said: "What it now means is that the complainant is now homeless hence the need to give the accused person a deterrent sentence. He is a danger in society and therefore must be removed from society for sometime."
Chiwara was initially charged jointly with his friend Helario Makonese (37), but the latter was acquitted for lack of evidence.
Circumstances into the matter were that on October 11, Masusu sneaked out of her Natsime Phase 4 house and sought refuge at her friend's place in the same neighbourhood after Chiwara became violent.
Monents later, Masusu later saw Chiwara setting the house ablaze and when she rushed back to investigate, the whole house was set on fire and property worth about $3 000 destroyed.
Chiwara then took to his heels but was nabbed by Masusu's neighbours and handed over to the police.
Tapiwa Chiwara (27), who resides in Unit O, Seke, will however serve an effective one-year jail after magistrate Donald Ndirowei set aside six months of his sentence on condition he restitutes the complainant Charity Masusu (24) of $3 000 on or before November 30 this year.
The other six months were suspended on condition of good behaviour.
In passing sentence, magistrate Ndirowei said: "What it now means is that the complainant is now homeless hence the need to give the accused person a deterrent sentence. He is a danger in society and therefore must be removed from society for sometime."
Chiwara was initially charged jointly with his friend Helario Makonese (37), but the latter was acquitted for lack of evidence.
Circumstances into the matter were that on October 11, Masusu sneaked out of her Natsime Phase 4 house and sought refuge at her friend's place in the same neighbourhood after Chiwara became violent.
Monents later, Masusu later saw Chiwara setting the house ablaze and when she rushed back to investigate, the whole house was set on fire and property worth about $3 000 destroyed.
Chiwara then took to his heels but was nabbed by Masusu's neighbours and handed over to the police.
Source - newsday
