A chef from Victoria Falls is locked up after a really dumb attempt to hide a gambling loss. Elias Ncube, a forty-eight-year-old from Mkhosana, totally blew through twenty two hundred dollars that was not even his. The money belonged to a local stokvel group, one of those community savings pools. He lost it all at a betting shop.
Facing the music with the people he stole from, Ncube panicked and went to the cops with a fake story. He claimed he got robbed of the cash. Police investigators quickly figured out his story was garbage. His own wife, Angela Chuma, told them the truth that he blew the group's money on bets. That got him arrested for lying to authorities.
Ncube pleaded guilty in front of Magistrate Linda Dzvene. The prosecutor, Daphney Ntini, laid out how the whole thing fell apart. Ncube told the court he was ashamed and made a terrible choice because of the pressure. The state presented all its evidence last Friday, wrapping up the trial. The magistrate sent him back to jail to wait for sentencing, saying the crime was serious enough to need a full report on his situation. He will be back in court for his sentence.
Facing the music with the people he stole from, Ncube panicked and went to the cops with a fake story. He claimed he got robbed of the cash. Police investigators quickly figured out his story was garbage. His own wife, Angela Chuma, told them the truth that he blew the group's money on bets. That got him arrested for lying to authorities.
Ncube pleaded guilty in front of Magistrate Linda Dzvene. The prosecutor, Daphney Ntini, laid out how the whole thing fell apart. Ncube told the court he was ashamed and made a terrible choice because of the pressure. The state presented all its evidence last Friday, wrapping up the trial. The magistrate sent him back to jail to wait for sentencing, saying the crime was serious enough to need a full report on his situation. He will be back in court for his sentence.
