Senior lawyer in fraud charges

High Court is scheduled to hear the matter involving senior attorney Molatlhegi
High Court is scheduled to hear the matter involving senior attorney Molatlhegi

A senior attorney Baatlhodi Molatlhegi is fighting allegations of criminal conduct. He is accused of having transferred a plot in Block 8 in Gaborone to a buyer without the consent of the owner. The Gaborone lawyer on the other hand claims ignorance to the deal and that his signature had been forged.

In the Deed of Transfer No. 1965/2006 dated August 18, 2006, Molatlhegi is stated as having acted as a conveyancer, with power of attorney granted to him by the applicant Kaone Molapo on August 14, 2006. In the deal it was stated that Molapo had sold all his rights and developments over Lot 34124, Block 9 to one Ralph Maganu, the second respondent. The third respondent is Bank of Botswana, which is the mortagee in the mortgage bond No. 2997/09 dated October 19, 2009 in which Maganu is the mortgagor of the property on the disputed plot.

Other respondents are the Registrar of Deeds, Stanbic Bank, Emy Kgaswane, Lands Department and Gaborone City Council (GCC).

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