A MUTARE Municipality police officer appeared in court
yesterday charged with malicious damage to property after he allegedly threw a
metal spike in the path of a moving vehicle in the city centre and caused
damage worth $250 to the vehicle.
Ehud Murasiramwa (50) was not asked to plead to the charge
when he appeared before magistrate Perseverance Makala, who remanded him to
October 6 this year on free bail.
Prosecutor Fletcher Karombe told the court that on September
15 this year, Murasiramwa found the complainant, Nyasha Kavhukatema, parking
his Honda Fit car at Meikles shop in Mutare and accused him of parking at an
undesignated place.
When the complainant tried to drive away, he reportedly
threw a spike underneath the vehicle and fled the scene.
A few hours later, other municipal police officers towed
away the car to the Civic Centre, where they allegedly demanded an $80 000 fine
for damages caused to the spike.
Kavhukatema then reported the case at Mutare Central Police
Station, leading to Murasiramwa’s arrest. Newsday
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