A BULAWAYO woman has been ordered to perform community service for sending obscene messages and pictures to the wife of a man who was having a love affair with her younger sister.

Admitter Mpofu (26) of Nkulumane suburb told Simangele Lusinga (36) of Cowdray Park suburb on Friday last week that her husband was not coming home, hence she was going to sleep alone.

Mpofu, who is married and a mother of three, was convicted on her own plea of guilty to contravening the Post and Telecommunications Act that prohibits sending of gross, offensive, indecent, obscene or threatening material over the phone.

Western Commonage Magistrate Mr Lungile Ncube ordered her to perform 105 hours of community service.

Mpofu apologised to the court for her misconduct.