Man Jailed For Stealing Seke Road Accident Victim’s Phone
A Harare man who stole a phone at the Seke Road accident that occurred on 13 August has been sentenced to one year imprisonment.
According to H-Metro, Terrence Mavheneke was implicated by the person he had sold the phone to.
The person who bought the phone from Mavheneke had gone to reset it at the now-deceased relative’s workshop.
It was the state’s case that on 13 August, the now deceased Christabella Makwanya was in a commuter omnibus travelling to town.
The kombi was involved in a fatal accident at the intersection of Seke and St Patrick’s roads.
Mavheneke, who is a conductor, disembarked from his vehicle and started to offer help to the injured people at the accident scene.
The court heard that while offering assistance, Mavheneke picked up Makwanya’s phone that was on the ground as she had passed away and kept it.
He sold it to Nigel Kwaramba and Godwin Chindima, who was arrested trying to reset it at a workshop belonging to Makwanya’s relative, who tipped the police.
Mavheneke appeared before Epworth magistrate Esther Mutezo, who sentenced him to 12 months’ imprisonment.
However, five months were suspended on condition that he doesn’t commit a similar offence, while seven months are effective.
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