A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been arrested for
attempting to buy goods using a fake United States dollar note at a retail
outlet.
Alexander Zvarira of Northend suburb locked himself in a
toilet and cried after it was discovered he had handed a forged US$10 note to
Mr Abdul Kayyum to pay RTGS $5 for razor blades.
Police had to break down the door to arrest him while a mob
bayed for his blood outside. Zvarira
pleaded guilty to fraud before Bulawayo magistrate, Ms Ulukile Muleya.
He was fined $100 or 60 days imprisonment. Prosecuting, Mr
Nathan Marime said on May 15 at around 9:45AM, Zvarira defrauded Mr Abdul
Kayyum at his shop at corner Lobengula Street and 3rd Avenue.
“Zvarira tendered a fake US$10 note and Mr Kayyum gave him
the razor blades. Mr Kayyum left Zvarira by the shop counter and went to verify
if Zvarira’s $10 was not fake,” he said.
Mr Marime said Zvarira followed Mr Kayyum and tried to
snatch back the money but he failed.
“Realising that he was now at risk of being caught, Zvarira
ran away and locked himself inside the toilet crying,” he said.
The court heard that police officers who were on patrol on
that street were attracted by a mob that shouted “thief” and they forced their
way into the toilet and arrested Zvarira.
The razor blades were recovered. Chronicle
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