A SOLDIER was dubbed $700, some of it his bonus, by three cunning pickpockets at a city restaurant.
Jethro Marwenze of Bulawayo's Mpopoma suburb, who is stationed at HQ1 Brigade, was buying food at Golden Grill restaurant when Phathisani Dube, 24, Walter Ndebele, 26, and Nkosilathi Masuku, 35, all from Pumula South suburb searched his pockets and fished out the money.
The incident occurred hours after Marwenze received his 13th cheque on Tuesday. Dube, Ndebele and Masuku appeared before magistrate Tinashe Tashaya facing a charge of theft.
When the police caught them, they had already spent about $200.
They pleaded guilty and were remanded them out of custody to February 22, 2016 for sentencing.
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