The first accused in a case in which Blantyre Water Board (BWB) lost in excess of K150 million Monday testified before the Blantyre Senior Resident Magistrate Court.<\/p>\n
The accused, Oscar Kapito, denied taking part in money laundering, which was done through a fake BWB Welfare Account, opened with Ned Bank Limbe Branch.<\/p>\n
He is being co-accused with former Blantyre Water Board Corporate Clients Officer, Brian Makote.<\/p>\n
In his testimony to the court, Kapito said he is a businessman who plies his trade in Limbe and he personally does not know his co-accused, Makote.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have known him in the court. I have never interacted with him. In short, I don\u2019t know him personally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the court heard, through witnesses from Ned Bank, that Makote, the second accused, was the one pushing for the encashment of a K20 million cheque from BWB Social Welfare Account at Ned Bank Limbe Branch while Oscar Kapito dropped a driver\u2019s license bearing his face when he was trying to withdraw the money.<\/p>\n
He run away from the banking hall when he realised that things had gone wrong.<\/p>\n
But Kapito denied that he has ever owned a driver\u2019s licence.<\/p>\n
He also said the day the court heard that he dropped a driver\u2019s license in the banking hall, he was in Mulanje District, where he went to buy agro-commodities for his business.<\/p>\n
He challenged the State to produce video footage evidence showing him inside the banking hall.<\/p>\n
In an interview after court proceedings, Regional Prosecuting Officer, Christopher Katani, said there is no need for them to produce video evidence, arguing that the driver\u2019s licence is enough evidence.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the State, we do not find it important to bring to the court video footage. We already brought a driver\u2019s license which he dropped in the banking hall and it bears his face,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The driver\u2019s license in question bears the name of Moses D Mussa.<\/p>\n
Senior Resident Magistrate Viva Nyimba has adjourned the case to Friday, April 13, for cross examination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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