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Padlock fight spills to court
14 Nov 2016 at 17:07hrs | Views
A row over seven expensive Botswana padlocks spilled to the courts last week after a Glen View landlord accused her former tenants of stealing her padlocks.
Rachel Garan'anga dragged Chrispen Kawere and his wife Agnes Muganhu to Mbare magistrates' court.
Garan'anga said the padlocks under despute where imported from Botswana.
"There were seven padlocks fitted on doors when they moved in and when they moved out I was not around" she told magistrate Gladys Moyo.
"I only noticed that the padlocks were missing when I came back.
"I bought those padlocks in Botswana so they are not cheap quality".
Garan'anga said the pair have to explain "what they did to my padlocks".
However, Kawere denied the accusations saying they found no padlocks.
They bought their own.
"When we were about to move out we notified her that we were going to remove it since it was ours and she agreed but we were surprised when she came with the police stating that we stole her padlocks" he said.
They pleaded not guilty and subsequently acquitted.
Rachel Garan'anga dragged Chrispen Kawere and his wife Agnes Muganhu to Mbare magistrates' court.
Garan'anga said the padlocks under despute where imported from Botswana.
"There were seven padlocks fitted on doors when they moved in and when they moved out I was not around" she told magistrate Gladys Moyo.
"I only noticed that the padlocks were missing when I came back.
"I bought those padlocks in Botswana so they are not cheap quality".
Garan'anga said the pair have to explain "what they did to my padlocks".
However, Kawere denied the accusations saying they found no padlocks.
They bought their own.
"When we were about to move out we notified her that we were going to remove it since it was ours and she agreed but we were surprised when she came with the police stating that we stole her padlocks" he said.
They pleaded not guilty and subsequently acquitted.
Source - Online
