A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo was severely assaulted by
his landlord for stealing and selling property worth about RTGS $3000 and
US$120 until he confessed to the crime.
Dumezweni Luphahla of Pumula South suburb stole the
property late last month from his landlord Mr Morgan Mpofu.
He appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Mr Lungile
Ncube facing a charge of unlawful entry and pleaded guilty.
Luphahla was remanded out of custody to May 20 as he was
not feeling well. He told the court that Mr Mpofu severely assaulted him and he
could not stand trial.
“May l be given time to seek medical attention. Mr Mpofu
severely assaulted me until l admitted that l had stolen his property and sold
it,” Luphahla said.
The prosecutor, Mr Kenneth Shava, said on April 27,
Luphahla broke into Mr Mpofu’s house.
“He took a grey deep freezer, a room divider, a double bed,
a 42 inch plasma television set, a black DVD player, four kitchen chairs and a
table, black speakers, three blankets, a 20-litre bucket, four pairs of
trousers and went away,” he said.
Luphahla sold the property to different people.
The court heard that later during the day, Mr Mpofu
received a phone call from Luphahla’s mother who told him that her son had
stolen some of his property and wanted him to come home quickly.
Mr Mpofu rushed back home and found that most of his
property was missing. A police report was made leading to Luphahla’s arrest.
The total value of the property that was stolen is US$120
and RTGS$3 870. A television set
worth RTGS $2 530 was recovered from one of the people Luphahla had sold the
stolen items to. Chronicle
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