10 YEARS FOR VANDALISING STREET LIGHTS

Vandalising street-lights and stealing copper cables valued at $80 has proved costly for a Harare man after he was slapped with a mandatory 10-year jail term for the offence. Tapiwa Kachere (28), who plunged part of Seke Road into darkness after stealing the components, was convicted on his own plea before Harare magistrate Mr Francis Mapfumo. He pleaded guilty to theft of 4kg of copper