It is illegal for spouses to pry into each other’s cellphones without permission, a High Court judge has ruled.
Harare High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi said evidence obtained through prying into a cellphone should not stand in court as it would have beenobtained illegally.
Justice Chitapi made the landmark ruling as he sentenced Fortunate Nsoro (36) of Chitungwiza for knifing her husband to death while their eight-year-old daughter watched, for refusing to show her a “suspicious” text message that he had received on his cellphone.
Nsoro fatally stabbed Petros Mutasa (55) in February last year, in a dispute over the text message which her husband had received on his cellphone.
Justice Chitapi convicted Nsoro of culpable homicide and sentenced her to 10 years in jail. He suspended two years for five years on condition that she does not
commit a similar crime within the period.
Herald
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