The state alleges that the trio and others not before court stole a Toyota Land Cruiser worth P300,000, Toyota Hilux Double Cab worth P246,551, Toyota Fortuner Station Wagon worth P246,551 and another Toyota Hilux Double Cab valued at P246,551 in May last year. The prosecution alleges that they used violence when committing the offence. They allegedly crossed the border to Zimbabwe with the cars with the intention of selling them.
The trio was not asked to plead before Principal Magistrate Moakofi Modisenyane. Manisa told the court that he has been languishing in Bulawayo Central Police Station ever since his arrest on May 13, 2012 before he was extradited to Botswana. He said the state's failure to authenticate documents from Zimbabwean is greatly prejudicing him."I do not think that an act of simply authenticating if the documents from Zimbabwe are proper before court can take so long. The state had ample time since we were arrested to have finalised their case but slept on their job. They should have long finished that because I am a suspect in this case and have not been found guilty by any court," said a worried Manisa demanding to be given bail.
