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Prosper Dembedza
Herald Correspondent
A man has appeared at the Harare magistrates court facing charges of theft of trust property of US$36 000 collected to import a vehicle for another man.
Ricard Enerst Joseph (38) appeared before Mrs Marehwanazvo Gofa and was freed on US$100 bail.
The court heard that Rana Ghulam Ali (38) of 10 Cromerty Rd, Belvedere, Harare, approached Joseph in November 2019 and asked him to import a Toyota Fortuner from South Africa. Joseph first asked for US$33 000 and drove up from Kwekwe to collect the money. A few weeks later, he allegedly asked for another US$3 000 and again drove from Kwekwe to Harare and collected the money.
Joseph allegedly promised to deliver the vehicle within some few weeks.
But after receiving the US$36 000 from Mr Ali, he allegedly became evasive and stopped picking up his calls. Joseph also allegedly left his address, so Mr Ali filed a report for theft of trust property.
So far nothing has been recovered.
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