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Police disgraced as Israeli pilot is acquitted over Zimbabwean gems‏
By Crime & Court Correspondent

Published: April 26, 2012

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A Harare magistrate has acquitted an Israeli pilot Shmuel Kainan Klein, who was facing charges of smuggling 1.7 kilograms of diamonds which translates to 8,486 carats worth US$2 million, for lack of sufficient evidence, shaming the police officers who arrested the man.

Klein (58) was facing charges of unlawful possession of diamonds and contravening Section 12 (1) of the Immigration Act Chapter 4:02, which criminalises entry by evasion.

Israeli pilot is acquitted over Zim Diamonds
Handing down the ruling, the presiding magistrate, Mr Clever Tsikwa noted that all evidence presented before the court failed to prove that the accused was illegally in possession of the diamonds saying that the state had failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt and that it would be unfair to put the accused person to his defense in such circumstances.

“Accused’s defence remained intact and unshaken. To place the accused to his defense is to ask the accused to prosecute him and fill the yawning gap left by the state,” said Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa in his ruling.

Klein was caught with the precious stone at Harare International Airport on 17 March intending to check-in on a South African Airways with the state arguing that the accused person did not have a licence to deal with diamonds.

The state alleges that Klein, who is employed by CAL airlines of Israel as a pilot instructor, wanted to leave the country on March 17 on a South African Airways airline wearing his pilot uniform with the diamonds.

However Tsikwa ruled that he was lawfully in possession of the gems as Klein managed to produce documents proving that he was a registered agent of Masri Diamonds Company based in Israel.

Klein’s lawyer, Jonathan Samukange, during the trial also stated that the police men who arrested his client stole 2,000 carats of diamonds.

While the Kimberly Process Certification team has given the country the green light to sell its diamonds, the country has witnessed a number of diamond smuggling cases with two Indians having been arrested previously in the possession of precious stones worth $2 million.

There are also unverified claims of some government officials belonging to the Zanu (PF) party being involved in the smuggling of Diamonds to some Asian countries. (ZIMBABWE, ZimEye)

LOCATION:IKEJA , LAGOS, NIGERIA

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I caught my Wife Sleeping with another Man in her Parents House0 Comments
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Posted on 29 Apr 2012 at 4:16am

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A security man, Mr. Ojo Joseph, has told an Oshodi Grade ‘B’ Customary Court, Lagos, how he caught his wife, Bola, sleeping with another man in her parents’ house.

“I do not want her anymore as my wife. I caught my wife sleeping with another man in her parents’ house,”Joseph had said.Joseph asked the court to dissolve their 19-year-old marriage on account of the wife’s alleged adulterous act and other irreconcilable differences.

Bola, 38, owned up to a relationship with another man She said, “I do not feel loved and cared for again and that is why I decided to date another man who has accepted to take care of me.

“I, therefore, want the marriage dissolved so that I can re-marry someone who loves me and I also want the custody of my children.

“Since my husband joined a violent socio-cultural group sometimes in 2008, he had abandoned me and devoted much of his time to the activities of the group.

“He hardly comes home to perform his duties as a father and a husband as he was virtually living at the group’s office. At a time I started taking his meals to him over there.”

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She added that his membership of the group also posed a lot of danger to her.

“There are times the group would clash and a rival group would come to our house to threaten us and even damage our property,” Bola said.

The estranged couple got married in 1993 according to traditional customs and the union was blessed with three children.

The court’s acting President, Mrs. R.I. Adetola, ruled that Ojo and his estranged wife were free to go their separate ways.

“Since both parties have agreed to the dissolution, coupled with the fact that they have been separated for over one year and the appeal for settlement has fell on deaf ears, the court hereby dissolves the marriage,” Adetola said.