Husband guilty

Man forges former wife’s signature to sell home

The court found George Steven guilty of forging Ekson Aquila’s signature on two occasions on  17 May 17, 2000 and Nov 15, 2000 to sell the family house which she had taken out a loan for.

Steven forged Aquila’s signature in the notice of intension to sell the property, section 284, Lot 69, a house which she got under the PTC home ownership scheme. He did so with the intension that the documents be used as genuine evidence of title of property.

Aquila had returned home to the East New Britain province in 1998 after the couple separated.