Deeds principal in court for abuse of office

to be heard sometime next week. He is being charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer. The State alleges that sometime in 1982, Thokozile and her husband Albert Magodyo bought a house in Highlands from Eugene Seiler and transferred the property into her husband’s name.
In 2009, the couple secured a loan of US$35 000 from Chegutu Properties owned by Frank Buyanga and used the said deeds as security.
When they failed to repay the money, Chegutu Properties caused the property to be transferred into its name under deed transfer number 4698/09.
Chegutu Properties, notwithstanding the fact that it had changed the property into its name continued to accept loan repayment from the Magodyo’s.
On January 8, 2010 the Magodyo’s discovered that Chegutu Properties had transferred the property and made a police report. As a result, the property’s file held at Deeds Office was kept in the office of registrar for security so that no changes would be carried out.
After receiving full payment Chegutu Properties sold the property to Daisy Shamu. The State says well-knowing that the file was under investigation by police and that it had been kept in his superior’s office and contrary to his duties as a public officer caused to be created a dummy file for the property in question which was later used in the transfer of the property into Shamu’s name on March 12, 2010.
It is alleged that Mangwere’s action was calculated to show favour to both Chegutu Properties and Daisy Shamu.
The property in question is valued at US$280 000.