GOKWE-KANA legislator Owen “Mudha” Ncube, who has been facing charges of threatening to destroy Kwekwe Central MP Masango Matambanadzo’s shop, yesterday walked out of court a free man after the State withdrew the charges before plea. BLESSED MHLANGA
Matambanadzo, who is facing charges of assaulting Ncube, had accused the Gokwe-Kana MP of having held a meeting with some Zanu PF youths where he ordered them to burn the Kwekwe Central MP’s shop.
It was the State’s case that on August 13, Ncube told Unique Chiduza and five other Zanu PF youths that they should stop interacting with Matambanadzo because he was uneducated and wore cheap-quality suits.
Ncube’s lawyer Valentine Mutatu said the State had conceded that it had a weak case and withdrawn the matter before plea.
“Matambanadzo reported a case to the police based on hearsay evidence and as we went through the State papers, we asked them to show a single witness who was there when the words were said and there was none,” Mutatu said.
As Ncube walked out of court triumphantly, four of his supporters laughed loudly, drawing the ire of magistrate Letwin Rwodzi who briefly detained them in the court holding cells for contempt of court.
Fiona Mkwena appeared for the State.
