High Court stays Magaya rape trial

THE High Court of Zimbabwe has temporarily halted the rape trial of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Walter Magaya, which was set to proceed at the Magistrates Court.

High Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi granted the order following an urgent chamber application by Magaya seeking to stop the trial pending a review of a decision by magistrate Esthere Chivasa to have the matter heard in a Victim Friendly Court.

He is accused of raping seven of his female congregants.

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