Harare land baron in court

A SUSPECTED land baron appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on Friday charged with fraud after allegedly selling a non-existent residential stand in Mabelreign for US$22 725.

Leonard Motsi appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje, who granted him US$300 bail and remanded the matter to August 24.

Allegations are that sometime in March 2017, Motsi approached the unnamed complainant, who was his tenant then, and misrepresented that he was selling a residential stand in Mabelreign.

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