Bizure who initially appeared in court last week was back
in court yesterday to answer to the two charges of malicious damage to property
and disorderly conduct.
In mitigation, Bizure pleaded with the court for mercy and
to her ‘co-wife’ Fortunate Mapfumo saying that she was out of line.
“I am asking for mercy to the court and to my ‘co-wife’,
what I did was uncalled for and I was out of line, and I plead with the court
that I may be at least be ordered to pay a fine and also be given a chance to
replace the bar stools I broke,” she said.
The presiding magistrate said in considering the
appropriate sentence, she considered that Bizure was a first offender and did
not waste’s court time.
“In considering the appropriate sentence the court took
into account that you are a female first offender and the court are ought to be
lenient with first offenders and consider a non-custodial sentence where
appropriate.
“The court also took into account that you pleaded guilty
to the two offences and didn’t waste the court’s time, and where a plea of
guilt is genuinely tendered it shows a sign of remorse and at most you should
be rewarded of that because you would have eased the operations of the court
and saved the court’s time.
“The court also took into account your willingness to
restitute the complainant thereby writing off the wrong that you did to her
however, on the other hand the court viewed your offences seriously and you had
no right to damage her property in as much as you wanted to see whoever you
wanted to see, you could have done it in an amicable way rather than to resort
to violent.
“You are strongly warned to desist from such practises in
future and in sentencing a custodial sentence would be too harsh in the
circumstances and a fine would be appropriate, in respect of the first count of
malicious damage to property, you pay $6000 fine in default of payment 15 days’
imprisonment and in addition to that one-month imprisonment is suspended on
condition that you restitute the complainant $20 000 that’s the value of the
chairs you damaged.
“In respect of the second count of disorderly conduct you
pay $5000 in default of payment 10 days’ imprisonment,” she said.
The court heard that on June 8 at around 2am, Bizure went
to Mapfumo’s place of residence in Avonlea and reportedly started to ring the
intercom demanding to see her boyfriend Sugar Chagonda who is Mapfumo’s
husband.
The court heard that after being told that she had to
return in the morning, Bizure started blowing her car horn and banging the
gate. When she discovered that the gate was not locked, she went inside and
destroyed two bar stools that were on the veranda.
Upon hearing the noise, Mapfumo and her son went out and
Bizure ran outside and locked herself in the car and kept blowing the horn at
the gate till 5:30 am. H Metro
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