No bail in chocolate mould theft case
A 47-year-old man accused of stealing two chocolate mould plates used to make Cadbury chocolates has been refused bail.
|||Port Elizabeth – A 47-year-old man accused of stealing two chocolate mould plates used to make Cadbury chocolates was refused bail in the Port Elizabeth magistrate’s court on Monday.
Lindile Stemela, 47, was denied bail because he had a previous conviction for robbery and murder and was currently out on parole.
Stemela and co-accused Fayaaz Salie, 32, of Malabar, both appeared in court last month on a charge of theft.
Salie was released on bail of R2 000 on the same day of his first appearance last month.
According to court documents, the value of the mould plates amount to approximately R800,000.
State prosecutor Tim Van Rooyen said Cadbury had indicated that there was video footage showing Stemela and Salie loading the mould plates into a toolbox and removing them from the Cadbury’s premises in Harrower Road.
Van Rooyen indicated that the moulds were then sold for scrap metal.
Both accused will be back in court on April 5.
African News Agency
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