The State summoned Alfred Takudzwa Machipisa who is accused of murdering businessman and socialite Shingi Mukandi in a suspected hit-and-run accident in July last year.
Machipisa was represented by Anesu Bangidza when he appeared before Harare magistrate Edwin Marecha yesterday for commencement of trial on culpable homicide charges. The trial was deferred to June 1 after Bangidza notified the court that he needed time to go through State papers before preparing his client’s defence.
When the case was adjourned in November last year, the State had altered the culpable homicide charge to murder after investigations had noted that the accident was premeditated. Machipisa’s summons now indicate that he will be tried for culpable homicide. The State alleged that immediately after the accident, Machipisa, who resides in Mt Pleasant approximately 100 metres from the late Mukandi’s house, reportedly drove his father’s Isuzu KB300 which had been damaged in the accident, to Mabelreign Zambezi Flats where his brother Fanwell Lloyd resides and hid the car there. He later surrendered himself to the police following reports that a manhunt had been launched.
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