A sticky fingered security supervisor who could not resist the temptation to pilfer P40 000 from a P235 000 cash consignment for Lentsweletau Post Office has been sent to jail to await sentence.
Poloko Tsimamma’s family members could not control their emotions as they broke down in tears after his bail was revoked and he was cuffed and taken away to await his sentence in prison.
The 30-year-old Tsimamma will wait for 17 days in prison till May11th, 2023 after Principal Magistrate Solomon Setshedi convicted him for the offence of stealing by agent which carries a prison term not exceeding seven years.
The crime was committed back in November 25th, 2021 after Tsimamma, then security supervisor for Security Service Company, was to hand over the P235. 000 cash to Lentsweletau Post office and he stole P40. 000.
Facts presented before court stated that on November 24th, 2021 at around 1100hrs Molepolole Post Office Manager Gabolekolwe Vati went to ABSA Bank Molepolole for counting and packaging of money for Kopong, Lentsweletau, Letlhakeng and Molepolole post offices.
The money was handed to security officers, Thabang Maleo and Boipuso Karabo at the bank and they were issued with receipts.
After receiving the consignments the duo then escorted the money to the various places but they did not manage to reach Lentsweletau Post Office and later in the afternoon they took the money to their company office in Gaborone.
Upon arrival at Gaborone Maleo and Karabo handed the remaining consignments to their supervisor, Tsimamma.
During the handing process Tsimamma is said to have alerted his two colleagues that one of the consignment bags was not sealed.
The following day the accused person proceeded to Lentsweletau Post Office to deliver the consignment to the branch Manager, Naledi Bokete.
When counting the money she realised it amounted to P195, 000 instead of the requested amount of P235, 000, running short of P40, 000.
After the case was registered before the police, they arrested Maleo and Karabo who led them to the arrest of Tsimamma.
It was later during the interview by the investigation team when Tsimamma led the police to his residential place and showed them where the P38, 000 was hidden inside a dog cage and also handed the missing P2, 000 which was inside his bag.
However, after reading the facts the Prosecutor Inspector Thema Marumolo handed over the P40, 000 cash as an exhibit before court.
Before the case was postponed for mitigation and sentencing next month 11th, the prosecutor further pleaded with the court to be given two weeks time to fingerprint the accused, which his defence attorney Mokwadi Kgopo also agreed.