Cohen’s daughters granted private prosecution

Source: Cohen’s daughters granted private prosecution -Newsday Zimbabwe

THE Harare Magistrates Court has granted an application for private prosecution made by two daughters of the late prominent industrialist, Victor Cohen, in a case they are accusing their nephew Aron Vico, of grabbing their fathers’ business empire.

Vico will appear in court on January 31 next year through private prosecution.

Cohen’s daughters, Amanda Berkowitz and Belynda Halfon, sought private prosecution after accusing Vico of using his influence in the courts and other law enforcement organs to sway the case in his favour.

They are being represented by Charles Warara.

A certificate for private prosecution was first issued in November 2020.

In 2019, High Court judge Justice Maria Zumba-Dube reserved judgment in the ownership dispute over the late businessman’s Waverly Plastics.

Cohen died in South Africa in 2017 while receiving treatment, and left a vast business empire that includes Waverly Plastics, which is at the centre of the dispute.

His daughters are accusing Vico of fraudulently assuming ownership of their father’s empire after manufacturing fake documents which he presented to the Registrar of Companies to change ownership of the company.

The sisters approached the court seeking to set aside the irregular allotment of 400 shares that gave Vico power to take over Waverly Plastics.

In their submission to the court, They said Vico, with the help of accounting firm AA Omar and one Maxwell Maheya, connived and manufactured documents which he used in the allotment of 400 shares in Waverley Plastics without a company resolution or knowledge of shareholders.