Nurse aide gets 12 months for fraud

A nurse aide at Mpilo Central Hospital was Wednesday sentenced to 12 months in prison for collecting $140 from four people after promising them employment as general hands at the health institution.

Jesneth Mpofu (58) was convicted on her own plea of guilty to fraud when she appeared before Bulawayo magistrate, Sophie Matimba.

Three months of her sentence were conditionally suspended for five years.

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