Don Zella In Big Trouble As Police Arrests Speke Apartments Burglar With Fake Currency | PICTURES

January 6, 2021

L-R: Don Zella with suspect, Jeremy

Police at Jinja Road are holding one Adome Jeremy, 36, for allegedly stealing 80,000 USD from the Room 107 at Speke Apartments.
The money allegedly stolen belonged to one Sheila Nandege aka Don Zella, 36, who had booked the apartment for 30 days on the December 5th ,2020 .
According to CCTV footage recovered from the apartment on December 24th 2020,  the suspect , who is the same time a resident in the building , is seen accessing room 107 with another person yet to be arrested.
Adome Jeremy after arrest
They are later seen leaving with items. The suspect later fled to his home in Arua.
The police used all relevant information available and was able to trace him to his home.
Adome Jeremy
He was arrested Yesterday .
A sum of 60,000 USD counterfeit money has been recovered from the suspect and it has since been exhibited.
He has, however, insisted that the exhibited money is what he stole from the room.
Police are investigating these allegations.
The police are also on the hunt for his accomplice, who was seen in the footage breaking into Room 107 at Speke Apartments.
It is alleged that the planned scam also involved Don zella’s sister Hamidah Shanita who slept with the suspect Jeremiah in the next room to Donzella on the 24th December 2020 before the said Robbery.
Hamidah Shanita’s national ID
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The Case:

Kampala city socialite Sheila Nadege popularly known as Nalongo Don Zella sued Speke Hotel (1996) limited trading as Speke Apartments seeking damages worth $125,000 (about Shs 461 million).

In the lawsuit filed before the High Court Civil Division, Ms. Nadege states that on December 6, 2020, she rented two apartment rooms number 107 and 512 operated by Speke Apartments. However, on December 25 while she and her family members were away, a thief or thieves at around 4 pm, broke into her apartment room 107, and stole her properties worth Shs450 million.

According to court documents, copies of which were seen by this reporter, the said property was left in the locked apartment and also in the safe that was in the apartment for valuables which the thief or thieves allegedly unscrewed and stole.

“That it has been revealed by the defendant (Speke Apartments) to the plaintiff (Ms. Nadege) that the identified thief had been booked as Jeremiah Ojok in apartment number 110 for a day,” reads part of her affidavit in part.

Through her lawyers of Semuyaba, Iga & Co Advocates, Ms. Nadege avers that the said loss was occasioned by the negligence of Speke Apartments to which she holds liable for her stolen properties.

Don Zella with her kids

Court documents indicate that Ms. Nadege lost eight passports (7 USA and 1 Ugandan passport) requiring $2,000 (about Shs7 million) for replacement, two laptops (H/P ProBook and Macbook, a hard drive worth $3,000 (about Shs11 million), jewelry worth $15,000 (about Shs55 million).

Other properties included; four phones worth $4,800 (about Shs18 million), two kids’ tablets worth $600 (about 2 million), a Nikon D850 camera worth $4,000 (14 million), cash of $90,000 (about Shs 332 million), and Shs30m.

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