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Kudakwashe Choga (50) has been jailed for illegal use of electricity, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is reporting.
He was arraigned before the Mvuma Magistrates’ Court for contravening the Electricity Act. The Act states that it is illegal to “abstract or divert any electric current or cause any electric current to be abstracted or diverted, or knowingly use any electric current which has been unlawfully
abstracted or diverted.”
The state’s case is that from the 26th of March 2024 to the 2nd of May 2024, Choga removed the electricity line conductor that supplied electricity current through the meter and connected it directly with the load, bypassing the meter recording electricity consumption and avoiding paying for it.
He prejudiced ZETDC 364 units of electricity current with a total value of ZWG1,237.60.
Choga was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment. four months of this was suspended on condition that he restitutes the ZWG1,237.60 on or before
30 November 2024.
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