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B-Metro Reporter
LOVE may run deep in families — but one Harare man just learnt the hard way that crime doesn’t count as caring!
Tinashe Kaseva (31) is now swapping work boots for prison overalls after pulling a jaw-dropping stunt: pretending to be his brother, Wilbert, to serve his community service sentence.
Wilbert had been ordered to slog through 210 hours of community service for a separate crime, but Tinashe decided to play the hero — or the fool. For weeks, he duped cops into letting him scrub floors and haul rubbish under his brother’s name.
Sources close to the case say Tinashe rocked up at Dzivarasekwa Police Station in March, cool as a cucumber, flashing Wilbert’s ID and claiming he was ready to “do the time.”
“He was convincing,” said a police insider. “He even knew the case details and signed in like a pro. No one suspected a thing . . . at first.”
Tinashe allegedly told one officer, “My brother’s got too much on his plate — let me help him out.” But this wasn’t a favour — it was fraud!
The scheme collapsed like a deck of cards, when police followed up on another case involving Wilbert. That’s when the red flags popped up, and the real Wilbert was nowhere to be found.
Cornered and sweating, Tinashe reportedly muttered, “Okay okay, I’m not Wilbert. I was just trying to help my brother. . .” But his brotherly instincts earned him a 15-month prison sentence.
The courtroom was stunned.
“What was he thinking?” whispered one relative. “You don’t play with the law like that — even for family!”
Now, Tinashe is locked up for impersonation, while Wilbert remains a free man — but under serious scrutiny.
Talk about family drama with handcuffs attached!
