Times Of Swaziland: 4 BOGUS COPS ARRESTED  FOR CONNING MAN

4 BOGUS COPS ARRESTED  FOR CONNING MAN
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Sibusiso Zwane on 03/03/2023 08:31:00


MBABANE - Four bogus police officers have been arrested for demanding a bribe
from an unsuspecting BMW driver at a filing station.
They are Mcolisi Simphiwe ‘Vista’ Mbuyisa (38) of Vusweni, Emmanuel
‘Boss’ Sengwayo (31) of Ngculwini, Nhlanhla ‘Maphanga’ Dlamini (37) of
Moneni and Sabelo ‘Mdrai’ Mdluli (30) of Timbutini. It is said that the
quartet misrepresented to Sikhumbuzo Matsebula  that they were police officers
who had come to seize his  red motor vehicle, BMW E30 325i, he was driving.
Claimed
It is said that the quartet claimed that the motor vehicle had been used in the
commission of serious crimes in Cape Town, South Africa.
They are said to have then demanded a bribe amounting to E4 000 in order to let
him go, while at the Engen Filling Station in Mbabane. The quartet is said to
have obtained from Matsebula the amount of E4 000 as a result of the
misrepresentation. Appearing before Mbabane Magistrate Innocent Motsa charged
with theft by false pretence, the quartet pleaded guilty. The Crown accepted the
plea without leading evidence. The Crown also applied for the compensation of
Matsebula.
Leniency
Through their lawyer, Sinakekelwe Mhlanga, the quartet pleaded for leniency and
further made an undertaking to compensate the complainant. They stated that they
considered paying back the money even before the Crown moved the application.
They implored the court to consider that they hired a lawyer, meaning they took
the charges levelled against them seriously. The quartet submitted that they had
school-going children.
They stated that they had already apologised to Matsebula. They were sentenced
to five months imprisonment with an option to pay a fine of E800 each. The court
ordered the Crown to make sure that Matsebula was compensated.