Man In Court For Making False Criminal Report
A man from Luveve suburb in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing charges of making a false report to the police.
Elias Mamera (29) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda facing charges of deliberately supplying false information to a public authority as defined in Section 180 (1) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23.
He was not asked to plead and was granted $20 000 bail.
It is alleged that Mamera made a false report of a purported theft to the police claiming Clinton Tarugamuchira Muregere, a mechanic, had sold his vehicle which he had left with him for repairs.
On 4 September 2022 and at around 6 PM, Mamera went to ZRP Bulawayo Central Police Station and reported that on 22 July 2022 he left his motor vehicle, a Honda CRV, to Muregere so that he could fix it.
Mamera went on to state that Muregere, after repairing the motor vehicle, sold it without his consent.
A case of theft of a motor vehicle was then opened and a docket was sent to CID Vehicle Theft Squad in Bulawayo for investigations.
However, following investigations, the police established that Mamera had actually sold the vehicle to Muregere and was paid part of the payment and Muregere was still owing him a balance of US$470.
Mamera was immediately arrested and taken to court to answer charges of making a false criminal report. | B-Metro
