Brighton Chiseva
An ageing Zaka woman (67) was lucky to escape jail after resident magistrate Dorothy Mwanyisa passed a lenient sentence for her for dealing in drugs last week.
Marijuana
Evina Nyathi (67) together with Chipo Chekai (56) both from Gachiki Village, Chief Bota, in Zaka were sentenced to 10 months in prison for selling mbanje.
Magistrate Mwanyisa however, suspended four months on condition that the duo does not commit a similar offence for the next five years and the other six months on condition that Nyathi and Chekai performed 210hrs of community service at Dzoro School.
Nyathi and Chekai were arrested by Zaka police following a tip off from some villagers that the duo was in the habit of selling mbanje.
The police raided them and retrieved 1.8kgs of mbanje leading to the duo’s arrest.
In passing judgement, magistrate Mwanyisa urged Nyathi to explore other acceptable means for survival and not selling drugs.
“Find other decent means of surviving. I have considered your age in passing the sentence because if I send you to jail today, you will not last long,” said Mwanyisa.
Innocent Mudzingwa prosecuted.
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