A POLICE officer from Harare who allegedly defrauded a
Bulawayo man of $456 after promising to get him a job as a police officer has
been issued with a warrant of arrest after she absconded court yesterday.
Evelyn Dzama (41) stationed at Marimba Police Station in
Harare, who allegedly claimed to be related to people in high office, allegedly
duped Mr Eddy Mthombeni (31).
Dzama defaulted court after she was granted free bail by
Western Commonage magistrate Ms Tancy Dube on September 27.
On her initial appearance, she pleaded not guilty to
criminal abuse of office before Ms Dube.
Prosecuting, Mr Tapiwa Solani said between March 31 and
April 30 last year, Dzama received varying amounts, 15 times, amounting to $456
from Mr Mthombeni.
“The accused person in the exercise of her duty unlawfully
demanded money amounting to $456 to assist the complainant to join the Zimbabwe
Republic Police which is contrary to her duty as a police officer,” he said.
Mr Solani said Dzama continuously demanded money from Mr
Mthombeni so that she could assist in speeding up the recruitment process.
“On March 31 last year, the accused person demanded $50. On
April 1, the accused further demanded $80 until it amounted to $456,” he said.
Mr Mthombeni said he desperately wanted to be a police
officer.“I was introduced to the accused person by my brother,
after struggling for a long time looking for that job.
“The accused person told me that the recruitment will take
long, but for her to speed it up, she needed money. I continuously gave her
money but nothing happened and I ended up doing a follow up,” said Mr
Mthombeni.
“I called the officer and she said she will reimburse me
but she failed.” The matter was reported to the police leading to Dzama’s
arrest. Chronicle
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