An unfortunate tenant was chucked out of his lodgings for making noise between the sheets when being intimate with his wife. It appears the irritated landlord could not stomach living with his tenant as he went on to destroy the tenant's property before stealing from him.

A home in Mbare (Picture by zimbabweinpictures)

The landlord, Robert Mafawa – based in South Africa but currently residing at Block 7C Shawasha Flats, Mbare – was found guilty and convicted of malicious damage to property and theft when he appeared before Mbare magistrate Rebecca Kavhiya.

Magistrate Kavhiya slapped him with a 15-month jail term before suspending five months for five years on condition he restitutes the stolen property. For the remaining 10 months, Robert will perform 350 hours of unpaid work.

He told the court that he had given his tenant Justin Madeya at notice for making noise during sexual intercourse with his wife.

“I had given him notice to vacate my house because they were making noise during sex with his wife,” he said. Robert claimed Justin’s wife had once approached him with intentions to have sex with him but he refused. “His (Justin) wife approached me one day begging me to sleep with her in the absence of her husband,” added Robert.

The State, led by Eneseo Takavambana, proved that from the period extending from January 12 to 24, Robert gave Justin an eviction notice to vacate his premises after they had an altercation.

The court heard that he then removed the property and placed it in the corridor leading to the damage of the property. Instead of removing the property, Robert stole some of the property before Justin discovered the offence.

As result of the illegal removal of property from his room, Justin then lodged a police report leading to the arrest of Robert. 

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