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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88309, member: 27"]
A stolen iPhone landed an ex-convict back in prison after he rejected community service, telling the magistrate that cleaning Harare is the city council's job.

Hwete's night out went sideways fast
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[*]Bernard Hwete, a.k.a. Liquid Yonke, got busted over a stolen iPhone.
[*]He says a woman he met in the nightlife scene actually swiped it.
[*]Hwete grabbed the phone from her, and everything spiraled.
[*]His US$40 settlement offer got rejected after she learned its value.
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Community service was not his vibe
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[*]Hwete flat-out refused the magistrate's community-service offer.
[*]His reasoning was that city cleanup is Harare City Council's problem.
[*]That refusal earned him a 12-month sentence instead.
[*]Five months of that sentence got suspended.
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Prison is severely overcrowded right now
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[*]Harare Central Prison held 2,260 inmates by Tuesday afternoon.
[*]Its actual capacity is only 1,128 people.
[*]Hwete had only been free since finishing a drug sentence around March 2024.
[*]He had personally vowed never to return behind bars.
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The outreach effort reached the facility
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[*]Pathway to Reintegration Foundation partnered with the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service.
[*]Madzibaba Nigel Dokwani of Johanne Masowe yeChishanu donated supplies.
[*]Inmates received plastic shoes, toiletries, and soccer balls.
[*]Hwete was among those who benefited from the initiative.
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