Thread: Zimbabwe : Teenager to be caned over Facebook slur

Zimbabwe teenager to be caned over Facebook slur
20/02/2012

A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to be caned after he posted a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute, state media said Monday.



A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to be caned after he posted a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute, state media said Monday.

The Herald newspaper said magistrate Tinashe Ndokera found the boy guilty of criminal insult, and ordered that he be caned twice.

The teenager from the southeastern town of Chiredzi confessed to taking a photo of the woman without her knowledge as she made a phone call at her office on February 6.

"Later that evening, he posted the woman's picture on his Facebook profile and below the picture he wrote (in the local Shona language): 'These are Chiredzi's prostitutes'," The Herald said.

The woman discovered her picture when she logged on to Facebook and alerted police, who arrested the boy.

Caning is a common sentence in Zimbabwe, but only for minors deemed too young to serve prison terms.

bangkokpost.com

Originally Posted by Mid

Zimbabwe teenager to be caned over Facebook slur
20/02/2012

A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to be caned after he posted a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute, state media said Monday.



A court in Zimbabwe has sentenced a 17-year-old boy to be caned after he posted a picture of a woman on Facebook with a caption that called her a prostitute, state media said Monday.

The Herald newspaper said magistrate Tinashe Ndokera found the boy guilty of criminal insult, and ordered that he be caned twice.

The teenager from the southeastern town of Chiredzi confessed to taking a photo of the woman without her knowledge as she made a phone call at her office on February 6.

"Later that evening, he posted the woman's picture on his Facebook profile and below the picture he wrote (in the local Shona language): 'These are Chiredzi's prostitutes'," The Herald said.

The woman discovered her picture when she logged on to Facebook and alerted police, who arrested the boy.

Caning is a common sentence in Zimbabwe, but only for minors deemed too young to serve prison terms.

bangkokpost.com

Slow news day?

Should be good for a corporal punishment debate .........................

Haha serves him right for being stupid enough to join Facebook.

Originally Posted by socal

Haha serves him right for being stupid enough to join Facebook.

If stupidity is a requirement, you must have about ten accounts.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Originally Posted by socal

Haha serves him right for being stupid enough to join Facebook.

If stupidity is a requirement, you must have about ten accounts.

Not a one..

I like my rights to privacy so I am not about to volunteerely give them up.

shame we can't have caning of 17 year old African girls on Youtube.
Never mind. It's not a perfect world.