The case of former Vic Falls Mayor Sifiso Mpofu and his 3 co-accused fell apart this week after they were acquitted of poaching and money laundering charges by a Vic Falls magistrate after the court established they were being framed, the Chronicle reports.
In acquitting them Matabeleland North Magistrate-In Charge said:
<blockquote>The State version didn’t add up. It had a lot of gaps and question marks. They deliberately lied in the fact that they trapped the three accused and that they were on a routine patrol. The court finds as a matter of fact that the witnesses were mendacious.
The court finds as following: State witnesses lied with regards to the events leading to the arrest and not knowing Elkana Ndlovu who was planning in contact with Zimparks. The witnesses were generally inconsistent with regards to how the events unfolded thus making their evidence unreliable.</blockquote>
The accused had been arrested after an informant told on them to the police leading to their arrest and being charged with possession of 4 marked ivory horns after a ZRP did a sting operation and caught them red-handed.
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/ex-vic-falls-mayor-acquitted-of-poaching/">The Chronicle</a>

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