Bamusi Magaisa,
Philip Kambuto, Joel Madziva, Isaac Wikiseni, Togarepi Mudzudza, Shelly
Chapwanya and Tatenda Ndlovu were convicted after a full trial by Harare
magistrate Ruth Moyo.
They were all
sentenced to seven months imprisonment and one month was suspended on condition
that they don’t commit a similar offense in the next five years.
The State,
represented by Mandirasa Chigumira, proved that between April and October last
year, the gang invaded, pegged and surveyed stands at Cloverdale B of Galloway
Estate, Goromonzi.
They went on to
allocate themselves residential stands and built their houses.
Investigations
revealed that Glorious Real Estate (Pvt) Ltd, trading as Glorious Properties
represented by Kagonye, entered into an agreement with Ministry of Local
Government and Public Works where the company was appointed as sole developer
for Cloverdale B of Galloway Estate.
The land in
question remained Urban State Land and the gang was not mandated to peg,
allocate and build any structure on the land.
In her
findings, the magistrate said: “Magaya and Chapwanya’s moral blameworthiness is
very high. They were both allocated land by the developer and knew fully well
that Glorious Properties is the sole developer but they were the ring leaders
on altering the land under development by Glorious.
“They did
nothing to safeguard the interests of the very developer that was generous to
them.” H Metro
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