Ropafadzo Mucheli (20) and Darlington Senan (35), who are both employed as inputs clerks at Cottco in Gokwe were arrested after they stole 30 tonnes of fertiliser allocated under Command Agriculture and sold it in Harare. The duo appeared before Gokwe magistrate Christopher Maturure and pleaded guilty to fraud and theft charges before were remanded in custody to this Thursday for sentencing.
The court heard that on October 7, 2017, the duo connived with three other accomplices, Holines Murefu, a Cottco stock controller at Nemangwe Depot, Norman Ariferi, who is a manager at Nemangwe Cottco Depot and Laina Charuma, who are still at large, to steal from their employer.
They diverted the two trucks which had 15 tonnes of fertiliser each to Tagarika tuckshops in Harare which they to Jesca Msekiwa and Richard Chirimba. Mucheli then entered in her stock cards that she had received 30 tonnes of fertiliser, yet nothing was delivered at Ngani Cottco depot under Chief Nemangwe. Senan also entered in his books that he had received 30 tonnes of fertiliser and had dispatched all the fertiliser to various farmers.
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