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Axe-wielding soldier jailed for robbery
23 Oct 2023 at 15:08hrs | Views
A 29-YEAR-OLD drunk soldier has been sent to prison after he robbed a tuck shop using an axe in Plumtree.
Ezra Ncube was sentenced to two years in jail by magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware yesterday.
Nembaware conditionally suspended one year.
Prosecutor Anorld Mudekunye told the court that on October 10, Ncube was seated with Patience Hedebe (30) and one other colleague at her tuckshop's verandah.
Ncube who was drunk and armed with an axe suddenly entered in the tuckshop and stole US$40 and ZAR 668 before threatening to axe Hedebe.
A police report was filed leading to the arrest of Ncube.
Ezra Ncube was sentenced to two years in jail by magistrate Mr Joshua Nembaware yesterday.
Nembaware conditionally suspended one year.
Ncube who was drunk and armed with an axe suddenly entered in the tuckshop and stole US$40 and ZAR 668 before threatening to axe Hedebe.
A police report was filed leading to the arrest of Ncube.
Source - Byo24News
