By Own Correspondent- A woman from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 30 months in prison after she was found guilty of neglect and ill treating her four-year-old son over soiling his pants.

Tendai Nhiwatiwa (35) of Cowdray Park suburb appeared before Western Commonage magistrate Ms Tancy Dube facing a charge of ill-treatment or neglect of children and young persons after bashing her son for wetting his pants..

She pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 30 months in jail. Six months were suspended for three years on condition that she does not commit a similar offence and 24 months were suspended on condition that she performs 840 hours of community service.

Nhiwatiwa said she hit her son to discipline him.-StateMedia

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