Woman Steals Money From A Police Officer Says She "Wanted To Buy Clothes"
A Nkayi woman appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Busani Sibanda last Friday facing allegations of stealing US$4 00 from a police officer who is also her sister-in-law.
The sister-in-law, Efficacy Wisdom Mhlanga, is a police officer based at Bulawayo’s Ross Camp, according to The Sunday News.
It is alleged that Nokholo Mhlanga (25) stole the money from Efficacy Wisdom Mhlanga, a police officer based at Bulawayo’s Ross Camp, and fled to Nkayi where she resides with her husband and child.
What happened:
The prosecutor, Ms Portia Mashazhu told the court Mhlanga was tasked with assisting in cleaning her sister-in-law’s house when she stole the money. Said Ms Mashazhu:
On 7 December 2022 at Ross Camp, Bulawayo, Nokholo Mhlanga unlawfully took property namely money amounting to US$400 from Efficacy Wisdom Mhlanga.
Only US$75 was recovered.
Mhlanga pleaded guilty to the charge stating that she stole the money so she could buy clothes for herself and her family. She said:
I wanted to buy clothes with the money. I have three donkeys back home, I intend to sell one and pay back my sister-in-law her money as soon as possible.
For the offence, Mhlanga was sentenced to 12 months in prison of which three months were suspended on condition of good behaviour while another four were also suspended on condition she pays back the money.
The remaining five months were suspended on condition she performs 210 hours of community service at a local school in Nkayi.
