Aaron Rashama, 45, of New Bluffhill in Harare, was aquitted after magistrate Elijah Makomo ruled that prosecutors failed to prove their case after they failed to produce video footage of Rashama taking the money, in court. Rashama was accused of stealing $164,000 from cash vaults and was facing theft of trust property charges and out of custody on $1000 bail.
In passing the sentence, Makomo said:
Whether it was deliberate or pure ineptitude one cannot tell. It is alleged that the accused could be seen entering the vault on his own on the CCTV video footage but no one cared to bring the footage leaving the court to doubt as to whether the accused was indeed captured entering the vault on the day in question.
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