A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been sentenced to four
years in jail for kidnapping a stranded woman and keeping her hostage for two
days after she approached him seeking help.
Ndumiso Ncube pleaded not guilty to a kidnapping charge but
was convicted by Bulawayo regional magistrate, Mrs Sibonginkosi Mnkandla.
The court heard that Ncube kidnapped the 18-year-old woman
Ms Langelihle Ntini who had asked him for help in Bulawayo when she was on her
way to Plumtree from Gweru.
Prosecuting, Mr Simbarashe Manyiwa said on February 13 this
year at around 4PM, Ms Ntini alighted from a bus in Bulawayo en route to
Plumtree where she had secured a job as a maid.
“She approached Ncube at the terminus and asked where she
could find transport to Plumtree. Since she had no cellphone she asked Ncube if
he could help her call the person she was going to see. Ncube agreed to help
her and asked her to accompany him to his house to get the cellphone and she
complied.
“They arrived at Ncube’s home at Burombo Flats, Thorngrove,
Bulawayo, and Ncube told Ms Ntini to wait for him as he was going to get his
phone from his sister’s place,” said Mr Manyiwa.
He said when Ncube came back to the house late at night, he
suggested that Ms Ntini should sleep and travel the next morning.
“On the following morning Ncube told Ms Ntini to cook and
wash his clothes but she refused. “Ncube left the house, locked her inside and
showed up at night at around 10PM. On the same day he asked Ms Ntini to cook
supper and she complied.
“After eating Ncube told her that he wanted to marry her
but she rejected his proposal,” said the prosecutor.
“On February 15, Ncube told Ms Ntini not to talk to anyone
and again left her locked up in the room. At around 10AM on the same day Ms
Ntini opened the window, shouted to people who were passing by and briefly
narrated her story as she sought help.”
A passerby rescued her at around 11AM and she went to the
police and reported the matter. Chronicle
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