Ex-minister Biti fined US$300

FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti was yesterday fined US$300 for assaulting a local businesswoman, Tatiana Aleshina.

Magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti Guwuriro also slapped him with a six month wholly suspended sentence.

In sentencing Biti, Guwuriro said the court considered that he is a diabetic patient and a former minister.

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