Zanu-PF Senator for Seke, Tabeth Murwira together with Christopher Mujeyi (51), Cater Matengambiri (59), Kalisto Pemiwa (72) and Lawrence Guwa (65) appeared before Chitungwiza resident magistrate Mrs Yeukai Chigodora jointly charged with kidnapping and destroying a man’s property over a political dispute.
Murwira and her accomplices pleaded not guilty and their trial starts on September 6. Murwira was implicated in the matter after her vehicle was allegedly used in committing the offence. Murwira dismissed the claims as unfounded and political.
The court heard that on December 13 last year Phillip Mashongahande (50) was sleeping in his shop at Cornerstone, Beatrice at night when the suspects arrived. They knocked on his door and assaulted him the moment he opened it. They allegedly handcuffed Mashongahande and searched his shop. One of the suspects allegedly tried to set the shop on fire while Mashongahande was inside. They left Mashongahande handcuffed in the shop and he was only rescued the following day by Constable Tinashe Katsuwa.
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