A senior Barclays bank official has told the Nakonde magistrate court how he played back the Closed Circuit Television [CCTV] footage to show how money was allegedly stolen from the bank.
This is in a case in which two Barclays bank officers, Derek Lengwe and Harold Mutukwa both residents of Nakonde district are alleged to have stolen K43 million cash from the bank.
The two are jointly charged with one count of theft by public servant contrary to the laws of Zambia.
Barclays Bank Country Fraud Manager Albert Sikapizye told Nakonde magistrate John Kajiko Njapau that he rushed to Nakonde upon receiving a report about the missing cash on February 7, 2009.
Mr. Sikapizye whose core duties involve investigating and managing fraud said he used video footage captured by the CCTV which is installed in the bank to investigate the behavior of the accused persons on the day the cash went missing.
The senior Barclays official who played back a DVD copied from the footage captured by the CCTV said the behavior of accused number one Derek Lengwe was peculiar.
He said Lengwe who was with Mutukwa in the strong room had his hand in the pocket through out the last few minutes as captured by the CCTV as if to hide what was in his pockets.
Mr. Sikapizye said Lengwe later disappeared from the Bank with seven blank VISA cards which were later recovered from his home during investigations.
He said Lengwe disappeared from the bank with keys for the safe shortly after 11:20 hours and never returned.
In cross examination Mr. Sikapizye said his investigations mainly centered on Lengwe because his behavior on the material day was peculiar.
He added that the CCTV video footage showed all activities of February 7 but that he concentrated on the activities of Lengwe because of the manner he started behaving right from the time he finished collecting money from the safe to the time he suddenly disappeared from the main bank hall.
In cross examining Mr. Sikapizye, Lengwe wanted to find out why the video footage captured by the CCTV which is installed in the bank concentrated on him leaving out the activities of his co-accused.
Facts before the court were that Derek Lengwe and Harold Mutukwa in Nakonde district of Northern Province of the republic of Zambia whilst acting together did steal K43 million cash belonging to their employer, Barclays Bank.
The two accused persons have pleaded not guilty to the offence. Magistrate Njapau has set April 27, 2009 as date for ruling.
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CCTV is working in Zambia
BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
HE IS A CHEAP THIEF WERE CAN LESS THAN 50 MILLION KWACHA TAKE YOU. NOW HE FACES LOSS OF WORK AND BEHIND BARS IN POOR RUN ZAMBIAN PRISONS. DID HE NOT REALISE THAT CCTV FOOTAGE IS THERE.
Done n dusted. Off to prison with the scoundrels!
Google Thandiwe Banda in LA and see how our 1st Lady did at the summit in the states.
We should start our own Crime Channel…
CSI Nakonde
CCTV works?I thot thy were decorations weeh
checked out thaniwe and I guess the only one looking great there is Queen of Swaziland and first lady of Angola. Cameroon first lady makes Thandiwe look like Queen Sheba in a polo-neck!
Didn’t know that you could hide 43 mill in your pockets. Or was it deposited on the blank credit cards for onward withdrawal? Not that I condone these acts but it looks like the bank has a very weak defense. Evidently none of the dudes was seen collecting them loot, save to say blank credits cards were found on Lengwe.
If this footage doesn`t show the accused actually hauling the money then this is booh!
Its still tricky! Merely being seen with your hand in the pocket proves nothing. They need more than that to nail those chaps. They are talking of CCTV when in fact it was a camera phone installed strategically! Ni pa Zed pano.
# 5 Superman,i hav googled it and shes tried atleast but why dressed in Indian outfits.Have u checked out the Queen of Swaziland in a suit and GUCCI glasses thts the one man
Bali iba aba
E 2 months salary ine iyo £2945 NET
Ndafola
….DEREK LENGWE?????….
I hope this is not DEREK LENGWE, former UNZA student. If he is the one, then it should not come as a surprise coz this guy was crooked during his UNZA days..
welcome to the 21st century zambia.
#10 i hear you! imagine hiding 43 million bucks in a trousers pocket with the hands in them, was it monopoly money or real dough, it’s only 5 pini in english £!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1984 you are at it again. I can decipher what you say but leave a trail for other bloggers. Mikomfwa si unvela ati CSI Nakonde lol. There is more than enough evidence this case is sealed. Those plastic notes have these guys superglued to the case. No Johnny C to save them.
Awe mwe, napa Zed pene ubuchushi bwachila. I know of a guy at one of the banks there, who has been utilising someone’s account for some time now. All this guy does is use the cash through what they call cash fimo fimo and makes sure he replaces it back after sometime. the owner is in the diaspora, so keep checking your accounts bane. Ubupupu mu bank nimbwe.
Lengwe chabipa.man jst get a decent job which does not involve cash ,remember you lost the other job coz of da same problems.
puuN5o comment1 ,
Perfect work!