SON to the late Zimbabwe wrestling legend Big Mike Tshuma,
David Tshuma was last week arrested after he allegedly tried to sell a house
that did not belong to him.
Tshuma (35) was arrested with two other suspects, Leeroy
Chablumears and Wilfred Mafuka.
The trio appeared before Bulawayo magistrate, Mrs Ulukile
Ndlovu on Wednesday to answer to charges of fraud after they allegedly tried to
defraud Mr Jacob Taylor through a plan to sell him a house that did not belong
to any of the arrested trio.
Mr Ndlovu granted Chablumears and Mafuka $500 bail each,
after their lawyers submitted bail applications on their behalf, stating that
they were not accomplices in the matter but victims of circumstance.
In granting them bail, Mrs Ulukile ordered them to reside
at their given addresses, not to interfere with State witnesses and to report
to police at the CID commercial crimes division every Friday between 8am and
6pm.
Tshuma was denied bail, as he was convicted of a similar
crime in August, where he was sentenced to 24 months in prison. Prosecuting, Mr
Mufaro Mageza told the court that the trio tried to defraud Mr Taylor by
selling him a house that belonged to someone else.
“On 17 April this year at CIPF Building in Bulawayo, the
three tried to defraud Mr Jacob Taylor by selling a house in Kingsdale,” said
Mr Mageza.
He said on 10 July 1992 Annie Msindo, who is now late wrote
a will appointing Josephine Madede Kalenga, who is also now late as the sole
heir to her estate.
“Msindo had three children, namely Josephine, Regina and
Chrispen. On 12 September the same year Msindo passed away resulting in her
property being inherited by Josephine, in accordance with her will. On 24
November 1995 Josephine passed away and her estate, registered under DRB 290/96
was left to be executed by her husband Peter Billy Hudson Kalenga, who was
appointed executor by the Master of High Court in Bulawayo under a letter of
administration,” said Mr Mageza.
The court heard that on 12 June 1998 Kalenga also passed
away before winding up the estate, leaving his daughter Louisa Duduzile Banda to
pursue the winding up of the estate.
“Sometime in April this year Tshuma and his two accomplices
allegedly hatched a plan to defraud Mr Taylor, where they produced fake letters
of administration, which allegedly appointed Chablumears as executive dative of
the estate. Armed with these documents the trio approached Mr Taylor and
misrepresented to him that they were authorised to sell the property,” said Mr
Mageza.
They are scheduled to re-appear in court 16 October this
year. Sunday News
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