By A Correspondent- Athanas Manyoka (49) was slapped with a 5-year jail term after he was convicted on 21 counts of stealing from 14 s.e.x workers.

According to reports by a local publication, there are still two more cases involving two s.e.x workers that are yet to come to court.

A shrewd Masvingo man set up a con targeting thing vendors by stealing thousands of dollars worth of property using one modus operandi in which he would hire the services of a thigh vendor, study her home environment before coming back to steal her property.

The court room where the matter was being heard was packed with s.e.x workers; both victims and sympathizers who were baying for Manyoka’s blood and justice. A hoard of s.e.x workers made a beeline to Chikato Police Station to identify their belongings among the recovered property.

Stolen property includes mobile phones, clothes, washing baskets, blankets, comforters and buckets. Manyoka kept the stolen loot with his ex-wife Dambudzo Mayati (29) who is also a s.e.x worker.

The cunning Manyoka would hire a s.e.x worker from a night club, take her to her lodgings for a short time session. After the short time, the two would go back to the bar but Manyoka would sneak off and return to the same place to steal.

Manyoka ran out of luck when one of his victims Grace Masundira (21) met Manyoka’s sisters-in-law, Svodai Mayati and Alice Mahona wearing her stolen clothes and she made a Police report.

Mucheke has become a hotbed for women in the thigh vending business. Unemployment, poverty, destitution has made many women turn to the oldest profession in the world in order to sustain their livelihoods.-MasvingoMirror