A PRISON officer sold out a Chipinge woman who was
allegedly preying on other villagers’ goats after she sold him two suspected
stolen goats.
Eliza Sithole (47), of Mwandifira village, is now in
Chipinge Remand Prison for allegedly stealing two goats belonging to Shupikai
Sigauke and selling them to a prison officer, Lisdome Ngoweni, of Chipinge
Prison.
Sithole pleaded not guilty to stocktheft charges when she
appeared before Chipinge magistrate Joshua Nembaware. In her defence, Sithole
denied that she stole Sigauke’s two goats and sold them to Ngoweni.
“I deny the allegations being levelled against me that I
stole the complainant’s two goats from the grazing lands and sold them to
Lisdome Ngoweni. The goats which I sold to Lisdome belonged to me,” she said.
Shamiso Ncube told the court that on October 17 last year,
Sithole went to Mwandira grazing area under Chief Mutema where the goats were
grazing.
A herdboy in attendance was not closely monitoring the
goats and Sithole allegedly stole a she-goat and disappeared without being
noticed.
The following day, she sent her employee Wonderful Sithole
to go and sell the goat to Ngoweni at Chipinge Prison.
The employee went and sold the goat and returned with the
proceeds to his employer. Three days later, using the same method, she went
back to the same grazing area and allegedly stole another goat belonging to the
complainant.
She again sent her employee to go and sell it to Ngoweni at
the prison.
The matter came to light after the complainant received
word that Sithole was selling goats to Ngoweni which they suspected could have
been stolen.
Sigauke went to Ngoweni to inquire from him about the goats
and gave him their descriptions. He admitted that, indeed, he bought such goats
from Sithole and had since slaughtered them.
She made a police report, leading to Sithole being
arrested, but nothing was recovered. Newsday
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