A 25-year-old Ecocash agent from Mutambara Mission School in Manicaland province, who stole $830 from his employer and later filed a false police report claiming to have been robbed, was last Friday convicted and fined $150 by Mutare magistrate Sekai Chiundura.
BY CLAYTON MASEKESA
Jabulani Sawana was convicted on his own plea of guilty for contravening section 44 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, chapter 9:23 – making a police false report.
He, however, risks a 30-day jail term should he fail to raise the fine.
Public prosecutor Donald Mudadirwa told the court that sometime on an unknown date in November last year, Sawana collected $830 from Ecocash subscribers at the mission school and converted it into his personal use.
To cover up his tracks, Sawana filed a false robbery report at ZRP Mutare Central. He claimed that he had been robbed along Chimanimani – Mutare Road by unknown people who had given him a lift.
However, police investigations proved that the report was false.
