Guard Steals 30 Minutes After Deployment
Thirty minutes of being deployed at a new place didn’t stop a security guard from allegedly “moving” company cables to a much “secure” place inside a sack as per his “extended job description”.
Prosper Mhlanga (22) from Cobra Security Company defied the odds when reportedly he mistook
“getting to know the place” with “getting things out of the place” as he was allegedly caught red-handed by his supervisor Michaels Servias (55) stealing a huge sack of cables at TelOne Mabuthweni Exchange.
Prosecutor Nathan Marime said Servias was on duty on the day and noticed that Mhlanga had been making funny rounds in the place but did not pay much attention as he thought he (Mhlanga) was familiarising himself with the place.
“He was supposed to be manning the gate on that day. When I looked through the window I saw him struggling with a huge sack walking to the back of the Exchange. When he got there he took a ladder and tried positioning it,” said Servias.
Servias left his office and approached Mhlanga who was still trying to position the ladder.
“When he saw me approaching him he threw down the ladder and stood next to the sack looking terrified,” said Servias.
Servias said he went and peeped inside the sack where he saw TelOne cables which they had placed in the yard. Mhlanga reportedly started apologising for his behaviour and promised his supervisor not to do it again.
“I pretended as if I had forgiven him and told him to go back to his position at the gate. I went back inside and called his security company and the TelOne manager informing them of what had happened,” added Servias.
When he went back to check on Mhlanga, the court heard, he had already fled with the cables that were not recovered.
The prosecutor revealed that on the same day after escaping, Mhlanga called his security manager and told him that he was being framed for theft at TelOne.
Mhlanga has since appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Shepherd Munjanja for theft and was remanded out of custody for trial on 23 March.
