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Trauma Centre medical facility.
Annesley (44), Paul Stevenson and Mavis Mushonga appeared before regional magistrate Mr Clever Tsikwa.
In their defence outline Annesley and Mushonga, who were represented by Ms Beatrice Mtetwa, denied making any misrepresentations to the registrar of companies or submitting any fake documents.
They also denied prejudicing Dr Solanki’s company Autoband, which owns Trauma Centre. Mr Musimbe, who is representing Stevenson, argued that his client never benefited or received any money withdrawn from Trauma Centre’s Stanbic account or the acquisition of property from Trauma Centre.
In his evidence while being led by Mr Michael Reza, Dr Solanki said when he got back his hospital he found several documents, among them applications to have his manager Zarina Dudhia to be removed as a signatory to the company accounts.
He said his hospital equipment was also smuggled to Mozambique and there was documentary evidence to that effect. “Critical care equipment used in the Intensive Care Unit and casualties among others was exported to Maputo (Mozambique), Johannesburg (South Africa) and some was sold locally.
“The equipment exported is used for gunshot wounds, car accidents and to remove bullets,” he said.
The trial continues today.
The State says in 2001, Dr Solanki registered his company, Autoband Investments (Pvt) Ltd, to operate the Trauma Centre.
Dr Solanki appointed Stevenson and Mushonga as directors of the company.
Stevenson resigned in 2009 and was replaced by Zarina Dudhia, who was appointed as general manager and sole signatory to the company’s bank accounts.
In 2008, Dr Solanki registered a company, VIP Health Care, in Mauritius to build clinics around Africa.
In South Africa, it is alleged, he met Andrew Groves and Phil Edmonds, who were his former patients at his Johannesburg Airport Clinic.
The pair introduced themselves as owners of AMI, a UK-based company. The AMI directors allegedly offered to merge the businesses and assist in building hospitals and clinics in Africa.
The State says in the agreement Groves and Edmonds offered to pay Dr Solanki five million British pounds and 24 million shares in AMI.
Dr Solanki accepted the proposal and an agreement was signed.
Following the agreement, it is alleged, hospitals were built in South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique.
The AMI directors, the State says, agreed that they would buy Dr Solanki’s Johannesburg Airport Clinic and the Harare Trauma Centre separately.
But the agreement did not materialise.
The State says Dr Solanki bought land to build the Trauma Centre and registered it under one of his companies Stremleigh Investments.
The State says Dr Solanki’s relationship with the AMI directors broke down after the latter failed to pay the five million British pounds and the 24 million shares.
It is alleged that this resulted in the AMI directors trying to oust Dr Solanki from the Trauma Centre Harare.
The AMI directors allegedly incited Annesley and his alleged accomplices Jeremy Sanford, Paul Stevenson and Mavis Mushonga to threaten Dr Solanki, his family and his management with death.
On November 5, 2010 Annesley is alleged to have connived with his accomplices and misrepresented to the registrar of companies that Dr Solanki, appointed director and manager, had resigned from Streamsleigh Investments and that Sanford and Annesley had been appointed directors.
The State says when they did that they did not have Dr Solanki’s authority.
As a result, they fraudulently acquired a CR 14 form to take over Dr Solanki’s company and assets valued at US$10 million.
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