Former Member of Parliament for Nketa constituency will rue the day he became a bogus land baron and duped a nurse-aide that he was selling a residential stand as he will spend next two years languishing in prison.
Court records state that former Nketa Member of Parliament, Obert Manduna (43) has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years imprisonment for fraud, with 2 years effective, after deceiving a woman into paying USD 5900 for a residential stand he had no legal right to sell.
NPA said,” Between October 2020 and February 2022, the offender misrepresented to a nurse aide at Mpilo Hospital that he held a special power of attorney from the rightful owner to sell a stand Cowdray Park, Bulawayo.
“He drafted a fake agreement of sale and collected payments from the complainant in multiple instalments amounting to USD5900,” said NPA.
The offender was sentenced to 4 1/2 years imprisonment of which 6 months were suspended for 5 years.
Two years were suspended on condition of full restitution to the complainant. He will serve an effective 2 years in prison.
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