Kampala Central Police Station officers have arrested Jane Unaneza, a woman whose shoplifting video has been making rounds on social media.
In the video that started trending about three days ago, Unaneza is seen pretending to be trying out a pair of shoes as a potential buyer. The shop owner who has since been identified as Sarah Mugerwa quickly runs to attattend her perceived customer. But Unaneza utilizes the chance when Mugerwa’s mind was focused on fitting the perceived customers foot in the shoe, stretches her hand into the handbag which was open and picks a bundle of money.
Unaneza then pretends not to have liked the shoes and then quickly walks out. It took almost an hour for Mugerwa to notice that her money had been taken. The handbag was on top of the counter.
The incident took place at Pentagon Plaza which is located at former Qualicel Bus park opposite the New Taxi Park. The shop attendant opened a case at New Taxi Park police post and later on at CPS. Mugerwa indicated that the bundle of money that was stolen by Unaneza had one million shillings.
“I had just counted the money and was planning to bank it. I was shocked when it disappeared in my presence. I was forced to check the CCTV cameras until I noticed that it is this woman I had helped to try out one of the pairs of my shoes that had stolen my money,” Mugerwa said.
When she was being interrogated at CPS, Unaneza denied ever having been at Pentagon Plaza until a video was played for her. After watching the video, she went mute and never answered any question until she was led to the cells.
Patrick Onyango, the Kampala metropolitan police spokesperson, said Unaneza was picked at Buganda road court following a tip off. Police checked its records and noticed that she was earlier arrested by another police post in the downtown.
“We have noticed that Unaneza is a serial shoplifter,” Onyango said. “She was at Buganda road court over the same offences which CPS was not aware about. We are now going to charge her for shoplifting before this week ends.”
By press time, police were collecting information that Unaneza has shoplifting and theft cases at among other police posts Nakivubo, Kisekka New Taxi Park and at the Old Kampala divisional station. Police said they need to collected all this evidence so that Unaneza can be given a stronger sentence which will keep in jail “for some good years”.
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