By Simbarashe Sithole
When a person is in deep trouble he or she will try to shift the blame, this was the case with Menzi Ngwenya who put the evil spirit to blame in a bid to get a lighter sentence in a case he was arraigned before the courts for breaking in.
The 24-year-old man blamed the evil spirit after he broke into Bambadzi Secondary School’s head and deputy heads office’s to steal.
He was dragged to Plumtree magistrate’s courts yesterday where he was sentenced to an effective two year jail term by magistrate Joshua Nembaware
Prosecutor Selestine Madziwa told the court that on April 6 the school headmaster, Sipho Siziba (39), finished his business at the school and locked all doors and windows.
On the same day Ngwenya stormed the same office and stole a cell phone and laptop.
He also broke into the deputy head’s office and stole a laptop and a cell phone.
A police report was filed leading to the arrest of Ngwenya and the subsequent sentencing at the Plumtree magistrate’s court.