52 accident scene looters escape jail

FIFTY-two villagers from Hwange in Matabeleland North province, who appeared in court for looting food stuffs from a Victoria Falls-bound truck that overturned, have escaped imprisonment.

The villagers were all convicted on their own pleas of guilty to theft when they appeared before Hwange magistrate, Gift Thando Dube.

Dube warned and cautioned the elderly before discharging them while the middle-aged were given suspended sentences.

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