Zimbabwe Thief Asks For Life in Prison
Lovemore Manyika says that he would prefer incarceration to life outside prison walls.
Zimbabwe's prisons are often condemned for squalid overcrowding but a thief begged a magistrate to lock him up permanently, saying life was better behind bars, state media reported Tuesday.
Repeat offender Lovemore Manyika, 22, pleaded for life imprisonment in a note during mitigation after he was convicted for housebreaking.
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