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Police accused of shoddy job

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GWERU police have come under fire from Zvishavane-based lawyer Leopold Mudisi for allegedly failing to investigate and bring before the court AFM president Aspire Madzivire after he was involved in a fatal accident in 2014.

GWERU police have come under fire from Zvishavane-based lawyer Leopold Mudisi for allegedly failing to investigate and bring before the court AFM president Aspire Madzivire after he was involved in a fatal accident in 2014.

BY BLESSED MHLANGA

In a later to Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri, Mudisi, who is representing Melody Mudzingwa, whose husband Tymon Mangena died from the accident, accused law enforcement agents of failing to do their work properly.

Mudisi alleged that despite there being overwhelming evidence of negligent driving by Madzivire, the matter was never taken to court.

“The accident occurred on April 1, 2014. Our know-how as consultants of our clients is that once an accident occurs and a person dies, it’s either a prosecution is embarked on or an inquest is conducted depending on the circumstances of each case,” the letter read.

In response through a traffic accident report, the police said they had brought a docket before the Prosecutor-General’s Office in Gweru CR 23/04/14 for prosecution.

“The case appeared in the magistrates’ court in Gweru on October 31 and prosecution was declined for lack of evidence to secure conviction. It is in fact the deceased who was negligent,” the response read.

Madzivire, who was driving a Land Cruiser, allegedly ran over Mangena of Wirinda Farm, Dabuka, in Gweru at the 284km peg just before Gweru along the Harare-Bulawayo Highway.

The AFM president told NewsDay that while the accident was unfortunate and that his “heart bleeds” for the deceased, he had submitted himself to the laws of the country.

“I am a God-fearing person and you would agree with me that nobody plans an accident. I submitted myself fully to the laws of God and of Zimbabwe. After the accident, I co-operated fully with the police investigations and the courts came to a decision,” he said.

Madzivire assisted the family with burial arrangements, providing food and buying the coffin.