Harare magistrate Ms Nomsa Sabarauta will today sentence rapper Desmond Stunner Chideme after the star pleaded guilty to negligent driving and driving without a licence.
It is the state’s case that on 20 June this year around 3pm Chideme drove a Toyota Lexus registration number ADG 3577 along Jason Moyo Avenue fully aware that he is not a holder of a driver’s license issued in terms of the act in respect of such motor vehicle.
Stunner had his warrant of arrest cancelled after he had failed to appear in court last week.
Chideme rammed into four parked cars and caused the injuries of two pedestrians.
The prosecution is asking for a jail term so as to set an example of him for negligent driving and driving without a valid driver’s licence.
In mitigation through his lawyer Mr Dumisani Mtombeni, Chideme pleaded for the court’s lenience in sentencing him saying he was struggling to make ends meet in the music industry as he has to take care of three children and his disabled mother.
The prosecutor Mrs Devoted Nyagano, however, urged the court to send Chideme to jail.
“The accused person pleaded guilty not because of contrition but because he was aware that there is no way out since there is overwhelming evidence. He is a celebrity who is highly regarded by society and ought to have upheld the law and not driven without a licence.
“There is no proof that he repaired the said vehicles and if the court were to look into a local tabloid today he was photographed behind the wheel meaning he is not repentant. An example should be set because statistics of people driving without licences are on the rise and more people are losing their lives,” she said.
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