$83,486 Iklonyeliswe Kumuntu Odutshulwa Ezama Ukumisa Isela

Ijaji leNkantolo Ephakeme yase-Los Angeles lithole ngasekupheleni kwenyanga edlule ukuthi isitolo sobucwebe lapho kwebiwe khona yisona esidale inxeba lenhlamvu ephashini likaMogford, isibindi nasemathunjini. Abanikazi bezitolo bayaphikisana futhi bahlela ukusiphikisa lesi sinqumo, bathi akufanele bathweswe icala ngesenzo somsamariya olungileyo.

"Sifuna ukudikibalisa lolu hlobo lwesudi kanye nalolu hlobo lokuziphatha," kusho uNoel E. Macaulay, ummeli wommangalelwa uBen Bridge Jewelers.

Mayelana nezenzo ezenze uMogford wahlonishwa njengeqhawe, uMacaulay uthe: “Bekungamele akwenze lokho. . . . Kuyingozi impela."

Ijaji linqume ukuthi umonakalo ophelele ecaleni ube ngu-$119,267, kodwa lathola ukuthi uMogford wayenecala elingu-30% lokulimala kwakhe. Lokho kusho ukuthi uMogford ufanelekile ukuqoqa imali engaphezu kuka-$83,486 uma isinqumo simi.

Izimo kuleli cala kanye nesinqumo samajaji sokubeka uMogford icala ngokwengxenye ngokulimala kwakhe kuphakamisa imibuzo mayelana nokuthi ababukele kufanele benzeni uma bebona ubugebengu buqhubeka.

Nakuba isenzo sezakhamuzi esiqondile sidangele ngokusemthethweni, izikhulu zomthetho nabaholi bomphakathi basishayela ihlombe isenzo sikaMogford ngokumetha njengesakhamuzi sonyaka saseRedondo Beach ngo-1987, unyaka ngemva kokudubula.

Isikhulu samaphoyisa aseRedondo Beach uRoger M. UMoulton uncome uMogford ngalo mklomelo, emncoma ngesifiso sakhe sokusiza. Nokho, nangaleso sikhathi, amaphoyisa awakhuthazi ukwenza okufanayo ngabantu abangaqeqeshiwe ababona ubugebengu.

“Asifuni ofakazi babeke ukuphepha kwabo engozini,” kusho uMoulton engxoxweni yakamuva. “Uma ugetshengwa noma ubona inkunzi, ungaphikisi noma uzame ukungena. . . . Thola incazelo, inombolo yelayisensi, futhi uthole imininingwane emaphoyiseni."

UMogford ngokwakhe manje unemicabango yesibili ngalolo suku olucishe lubulale.

“Bengingeke ngiphinde. . . . Akukho okufanele ukudutshulwa,” usho kanje. Iseluleko sakhe siyefana nesikaMoulton: “Uma ubona ukugetshengwa, sebenzisa amehlo akho, khumbula okubonayo . . . bese ubiza amaphoyisa."

UMogford uthe uzizwa eqinisekisiwe ngesinqumo samajaji futhi ucasukile ngemizamo yesitolo yokumsola ngezinhloso zakhe ezinhle.

Ngesikhathi sokudubula--Feb. 15, 1986--Mogford nengoduso yakhe babethenga izindandatho zomshado eBen Bridge Jewelers. Isela lathatha indandatho yedayimane engu-$29,900 ecaleni elivuliwe. Ngesikhathi umabhalane ememeza ecela usizo, uMogford wajaha wabamba isigebengu ngemuva.

"Isenzo sami sokuqala kwaba ukusiza, bekungumbono wemvelo," kusho uMogford. "Angizange ngicabange ngemiphumela."

UMogford elenga emhlane wakhe, isigebengu sakhipha isibhamu esincane ngaphansi kwebhande sadubula ehlombe lakhe, kusho abazibonele. Inhlamvu ingene ehlombe likaMogford yashaya iphaphu, isibindi nesibindi, kusho umbiko.

"Angizange ngizwe nokudubula," kusho uMogford engxoxweni yakamuva. Uthe isigebengu sagqashula, saphenduka sadubula futhi. “Konke kwenzeke ngokushesha, lo mfana ubehlehla futhi esadubula. . . . Ngagijima ngabuyela ngaphakathi (esitolo) ngiyobaxwayisa."

Kwaze kwaba yilapho ebuyela esitolo lapho ebona khona ukuthi ulimele.

Isela labaleka endaweni yesigameko labe selibanjwa ngemuva kwezinsuku ezinhlanu, ngokusho kwamaphoyisa. Colton J. USimpson, 26, ugcine elivumile icala lokubamba inkunzi, elokushaya ngesikhali esiyingozi nelokuzama ukubulala, kubika amaphoyisa aseRedondo Beach. USimpson udonsa isigwebo seminyaka engu-24 ejele, basho.

NgoMeyi, 1986, uMogford wayeseluleme ngokwanele ukuba ashade nengoduso yakhe, u-Ellyn, futhi abuyele emsebenzini njengomshayeli weloli likasimende. Manje banengane yentombazane.

Ummeli kaMogford, uRobert S. Scuderi, uthe abaphathi beBen Bridge Jewelers eGalleria babenecala lokulimala kukaMogford ngoba abazange benze okwanele ukuvikela amakhasimende abo kumphangi.

"Umuntu omubi (uSimpson) ubenesonto lonke ezungeza (efaka isikhwama esitolo)," kusho uScuderi. Ngosuku lokugetshengwa, umphathi wesitolo wamxosha uSimpson esitolo, kodwa wabuya wacela ukubona ubucwebe obushibhile. Lapho icala livulwa, wathatha indandatho yedayimane, kusho uScuderi.

“Umnikazi wesitolo akakhombisanga ukunaka okujwayelekile. Bona (abaphathi bezitolo nomabhalane) bazi ukuthi kunenkinga . . . babenesibopho sokuvikela amakhasimende abo," kusho uScuderi. Isitolo bekumele sazise amaphoyisa noma abezokuvikela enxanxatheleni yezitolo ngaphambi kokuba kubanjwe inkunzi, esho.

Ummeli wesitolo sobucwebe uMacaulay akavumelani kakhulu nalokho, wathi akukho lutho emlandweni wesitolo noma wenxanxathela yezitolo okukhombisa ukuthi kungenzeka kugetshengwe noma kudutshulwane. Abaphathi besitolo babengenasizathu sokusola uSimpson, esho.

Umklomelo wamajaji unxephezela uMogford ngezindleko zokwelashwa, umholo olahlekile kanye nobuhlungu nokuhlupheka okuvamile.

I-Galleria isivele ikhokhele uMogford u-$10,000 esivumelwaneni okuxoxiswene ngaso. Ummeli wesitolo sobucwebe uthe uzocela ukuthi imali esele engu-$73,486 ibekwe eceleni yijaji noma adlulisele icala enkantolo ephakeme.