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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 87628, member: 27"]
A fake promise to revive a stalled court case just landed a Bulawayo High Court assessor behind bars for a solid five effective years.

Ceaser Nkomo's bribery conviction
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[*]Ceaser Nkomo, 64, squeezed US$1,974 out of a complainant via EcoCash payments.
[*]His scheme involved pretending to upload the victim's case onto the JSC system.
[*]Nkomo kept lying about being at the Gweru Circuit Court with a judge.
[*]Magistrate Sibonginkosi Maphosa convicted him despite a not-guilty plea.
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Sentencing and criminal history
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[*]Eight years got handed down, but three were suspended conditionally.
[*]Restitution to the complainant is due by 30 June, or that extra year kicks in.
[*]Nkomo already had a 2016 theft conviction on his record.
[*]Prosecutor Owen Mugari called bribery a societal cancer, demanding jail time.
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How the scam fell apart
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[*]Shingirai Mpungu, 30, posed as the High Court Registrar alongside Nkomo.
[*]Money flowed through EcoCash transfers and at least one direct payment.
[*]Everything unraveled when the complainant figured out that Mpungu never worked there.
[*]Police got involved after the victim reported the whole setup.
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