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$800 bribery bid backfires
11 Nov 2015 at 05:18hrs | Views
A 35-year-old man yesterday appeared in court accused of bribery after he gave $800 to a policeman in a bid to get his colleagues freed from police custody.
His colleagues had been arrested after they were allegedly found in possession of 79 bags of suspected stolen maize seed weighing 50kg each.
Friday Mandula of Number 7745 Southlands Park appeared before Mbare magistrate Ms Shelly Zvenyika charged with bribery.
He was remanded to today on $50 bail.
As part of his bail conditions, he was asked not to interfere with witnesses and to reside at the address he gave to the court.
Prosecutor Mrs Hilda Huni-Munaku alleged that on November 6, Clara Machini, Phineas Kundishora and Joram Shokoto were arrested after they were found in possession of 79 bags of Kein maize seed.
The court heard that the maize seed was reasonably suspected to be stolen property.
It is alleged that a day after the arrest of his friends, Mandula went to Machipisa Police Station where they were being held and gave Constable Gomba $800.
It is the State's case that Cst Gomba inquired from Mandula what the money was intended for and he indicated that it was for the unlawful release of the confiscated maize seed and his friends.
Cst Gomba subsequently arrested Mandula on charges of bribery.
His colleagues had been arrested after they were allegedly found in possession of 79 bags of suspected stolen maize seed weighing 50kg each.
Friday Mandula of Number 7745 Southlands Park appeared before Mbare magistrate Ms Shelly Zvenyika charged with bribery.
He was remanded to today on $50 bail.
As part of his bail conditions, he was asked not to interfere with witnesses and to reside at the address he gave to the court.
Prosecutor Mrs Hilda Huni-Munaku alleged that on November 6, Clara Machini, Phineas Kundishora and Joram Shokoto were arrested after they were found in possession of 79 bags of Kein maize seed.
The court heard that the maize seed was reasonably suspected to be stolen property.
It is alleged that a day after the arrest of his friends, Mandula went to Machipisa Police Station where they were being held and gave Constable Gomba $800.
It is the State's case that Cst Gomba inquired from Mandula what the money was intended for and he indicated that it was for the unlawful release of the confiscated maize seed and his friends.
Cst Gomba subsequently arrested Mandula on charges of bribery.
Source - the herald
