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High Court Overturns Convictions Of Pro-Chamisa Supporters From Gutu West

8 months agoThu, 18 Jul 2024 12:00:20 GMT
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High Court Overturns Convictions Of Pro-Chamisa Supporters From Gutu West

The Masvingo High Court has overturned the convictions of five opposition activists from Gutu West, Ward 6 who had been convicted and sentenced by the Gutu Magistrate’s Court on charges of public violence.

The five CCC supporters are Privilege Goremusandu, Tapiwa Chiro, Patrick Chimbare, Brian Sithole, and Takudzwa Mashiri.

According to Change Radio, their lawyer, Martin Mureri, who is also the Member of Parliament for Masvingo Urban, successfully appealed the convictions and sentences before Justices Garainesu Mawadze and Sunsley Zisengwe.

The two Justices declared that the convictions and sentences of the five CCC supporters were erroneous and subsequently ordered their release.

The five were initially convicted on February 27, 2024, following their arrest in the aftermath of clashes between ZANU PF members and supporters of former CCC leader Nelson Chamisa at an opposition campaign rally at Chiriga Business Centre in Gutu West.

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ZANU PF members allegedly disrupted the police-approved rally, and law enforcement blocked all routes leading to the rally venue, preventing Chamisa from addressing the citizens.

Mureri who took over the case after the initial lawyer Mutema from the NGO Forum failed to appear in court on the judgment day.

The five were initially charged with public violence under Section 36(1) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 09:23.

The CCC supporters were each sentenced to 12-month prison terms, with 3 months of the sentence suspended for 5 years.

Before their release on bail following an appeal by Mureri, the individuals spent three weeks incarcerated in Gutu, Mutimurefu, and Remand prisons.

The CCC supporters were allegedly physically assaulted and injured by ZANU PF members led by Robson Gahadzika.

However, the police have yet to arrest Gahadzika or any other ZANU PF members believed to be involved in the attack

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9 Comments

🏃Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 8 months ago
woti kurohwa woti kusungwa haa zvakaoma kani...akurova haasungwe kana iri favor haa vanhu vezanu vanoiitirwa zvichapera chete vazukuru vasatani
Mazuva · 8 months ago
Nothing to celebrate here. If there was justice, they would never have been arrested in the first place.
Anonymous · 8 months ago
Icho chemusoro bhangu ngachivharirwe nsinechikwereti checho Dora fifty usa.
...,. · 8 months ago
with so many convictions of opposition supporters being overturned at the high court, should we take it that there is a problem or incompetence with the magistrates, and the police?
Chiurai · 8 months ago
Magestrate court bad cop High court Good cop Chitori chi game
maparamuro · 8 months ago
Zanupf replaced the Smith regime, copied and improved on all atrocities committed by the Smith regime. We understood Smith as not being one of us, as a colonial master who believed in white supremacy. Now how do we explain a black gvt doing worse than Smith to black people? Zanupf did not fight for the freedom of the majority of the people, they fought to replace Smith as the new oppressor. Not yet uhuru
Anonymous · 8 months ago
Zanupf and zapu went to war nekuda kwekudzvanyirirwa taiti zvichapera
Leo · 8 months ago
Dear pindula users. Plz ngatisaitevo urombo kweseka guys toti pindula yemahara totadza chirungu ft kkkkkk haaaa ngatisadaro magadzirirsire munoda kuita pindula grammar munaziva kt munhu arikunyora muna kubhadhara imi
Tman · 8 months ago
Avo vavanhu VaDavid Cortat not Vachamisa

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