A BULAWAYO woman was yesterday fined $200 by a Bulawayo magistrate after she pleaded guilty to selling 10 fake Highlanders Football Club replica jerseys.
Sports Reporter
Mary Chomba Katsumbe of 43 Penrith Road, Morningside, Bulawayo, pleaded guilty to breaching the Trademark Act and was ordered to pay a fine of $200 or spend 20 days in prison by magistrate Merylene Mutshina, but was spared jail after she was given time to pay the fine.
Katsumbe appeared before Mutshina yesterday and prosecutor Dumisani Moyo said on September 15, the woman was found selling 10 T-shirts bearing a forged Highlanders logo at Home Accessories, Corner Robert Mugabe Way and 10th Avenue.
Highlanders FC, the complainant in the case, were represented by executive committee member Charles Moyo and according to court records; Katsumbe was on $50 bail. Asked by Mutshina why she was selling the T-shirts, Katsumbe said she wanted to make a profit.
Police in September, raided the shop which was displaying fake Highlanders and Dynamos replica jerseys which were being sold for $15 each when the originals cost $50. At the time, Highlanders chairman Peter Dube said people were using the club’s name to make money when Bosso was not gaining out of it.
