Through his lawyer Mr Tendai Biti, Katsimberis also applied
for more State papers which he claims are important for his trial preparations.
Among the documents they requested are; a Deed of
Settlement and a number of letters exchanged between City of Harare and
Pokugara Properties’ lawyers.
The State led by Mr Ephraim Zinyandu undertook to furnish
Katsimberis with the said documents before trial starts.
Accusations levelled against Katsimberis arose from a joint
venture agreement he entered with Pokugara Properties in 2016, to construct
houses in Borrowdale through his company, GK Properties.
One of the material terms of the agreement was that six
residential stands, each measuring 2 000 square metres, were to be consolidated
for building cluster houses.
It is said Katsimberis took two years to build one small
166 square-metre show house, using sub-standard materials.
The show house was not approved by the City of Harare while
the stamps on the plan were allegedly fake. Katsimberis is alleged to have
failed to build the cluster houses according to the contract, leading to the
cancellation of the deal on January 11, 2018.
Pokugara Properties reportedly launched an investigation,
which revealed that there were no approved plans in their records, leading to
the property firm taking the matter to police. Herald
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