High court to decide fate as Kwekwe couple defrauds father-in-law' of his property.

A Kwekwe couple, who defrauded their father-in-law of his house, valued at US$102,874.00, awaits sentencing in the High Court.

The two accused Unity Marengu(37) and her husband, Nelson Farai Marengu(42), recently appeared before a Kwekwe Magistrate facing charges of fraud.

According to the given circumstances  in 2019, Felix Kobeti Magomo, a retired teacher residing in the UK, assigned his daughter, Unity, together with her husband, to purchase and develop a residential stand in Kwekwe on his behalf

Magomo sent the money and the couple bought a stand at number 7082 Hillandale, Kwekwe and an agreement of sale was prepared in their names instead of Magomos in December  ( on December 11, 2019.

As the project drew to completion in 2021, the accused persons went on and registered the property in their names with the Registrar of Deeds without Magomo’s knowledge.

The matter came to light in November 2021 when Magomo returned to Zimbabwe and requested the agreement of sale. However, Marengu’s wife, Unity, could not produce the documents to her father.

Instead, she gave him an envelope containing the deed of transfer showing that the property was registered in their names.

In April 2022, Magomo returned to Zimbabwe to resolve the matter, and the three had an agreement.

It was agreed that the property would be registered into Felix Kobeti Magomo Trust but on 6 May 2022, Unity and other beneficiaries signed the Trust document as the two were suppose to donate the property to the Trust.

Magomo later returned to the United Kingdom living the couple witdrew their plan to donate the property after informing their lawyers that they no longer wanted to donate to the Trust anymore.

The information was fowarded to Magomo who then made a police report in September 2023 after returning to  Zimbabwe