Beverly Bizeki
A man from Mhere Village in Chief Nyajena area is lucky to be free after he was given a wholly suspended sentence after he was hauled before Masvingo magistrate Elizabeth Hanzie for taking semi-nude pictures of his employer’s daughter while she was sleeping.
Hanzie gave him a wholly suspended six months sentence on condition that he does not commit a similar offence and had his phone forfeited by the state.
It is the State’s case as presented by Godknows Mugondo that on November 25 at around 0200 hours Spencer Mawesere took pictures of the girl whilst she was sleeping half naked thereby impairing her dignity.
Circumstances are that on the given day while the complainant was sleeping together with her young sister in their bedroom when she felt someone touching her legs and ignored, at first, as she thought she was mistaken.
The girl felt the touch once again and asked who it was after which she woke up to see that no one was in the room and switched a torch on to check who was outside as they had left their window open due to the high temperatures experienced lately.
The complainant saw someone standing by the walls although she could not see who it was exactly and the person ran away after which she reported the incident to her parents.
Her father went on to wake up Mawesere but could not find him. On December 6 the complainant’s brother brought Mawesere’s cellphone with the complainant’s pictures saying he had been shown the pictures by their neighbor who had been shown the pictures by the accused.
The two went on to send the pictures to their mother’s phone after which the cellphone locked and reported the matter to her.
Mawesere admitted to committing the crime upon questioning by the complainant’s mother and the matter was reported to Renco Mine Police Station.
