Dairibord Zimbabwe Limited chief executive officer, Antony
Mandiwanza, who was accused of assaulting his private security guard with the
back of a rifle at his residence, was acquitted of the charges by a Harare
magistrates’ court yesterday.
Mandiwanza (62), who pleaded not guilty to the charges,
appeared before magistrate Eric Kadye.
Kadye ruled that the State failed to prove a prima facie
case against Mandiwanza, saying the witness nd complainant, Edmund Mutusva,
submitted conflicting testimony as to how he was assaulted by the accused.
Mutusva had told court that he was attacked on his hand by
Mandiwanza using a .302 rifle together with his workmate, Shine Chamboko, but
Chamboko did not file the charges fearing for his work.
Kadye said the State could have brought Chamboko to court
to authenticate Mutusva’s allegations, but he could not convict the accused
using only Mutusva’s testimony.
Allegations were that on November 21 last year at around
4am Mutusva, who is employed by Vision Security as a security guard, was on
guard duties at Mandiwanza’s home in Glen Lorne, together with Chamboko.
The State alleges Mandiwanza approached Mutusva and
Chamboko and he assaulted the former with a .302 rifle butt on the left hand
and then ordered the two to leave the premises.
Mutusva then made a police report and was referred to
hospital for treatment.
The medical report, which was produced in court as
evidence, revealed that he did not suffer any internal nor external injuries
Lovemore Siyamunda appeared for the State. Newsday
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