ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday vowed that
his estranged wife, Marry, would not set foot at his Borrowdale residence,
claiming she wanted to kill him.
The Vice-President made the remarks yesterday through his
lawyer Wilson Manase of Manase and Manase Legal Practitioners, soon after the
hearing of the matter in chambers where Justice Christopher Dube-Banda reserved
judgment following submissions from both parties.
“The deliberations were very good. In actual fact, we
presented our case just like they (Marry’s lawyers) presented their case and we
responded. It was their case anyway. But as you know, advocate (Lewis) Uriri
argues very well, but the judge at the end of the day decided to reserve
judgment and that judgment will follow whenever the court is ready with it,”
Manase said.
Commenting on the application by Marry seeking to reside at
Number 614 Nick Price Drive, Borrowdale, which address is part of her bail
conditions, Manase said: “There are bail conditions which preclude her from
interfering with witnesses, so she cannot do so and the National Prosecuting
Authority has already filed an application to amend the bail order of Justice
(Pisirayi) Kwenda to that effect to make sure that the two cannot mix. Mind
you, there is an attempted murder charge in which the accused (Marry) is said
to have interfered with the life of the Vice-President. So they cannot live
together, so those are issues which will be discussed and also they were other
issues to do with property et cetera, et cetera …,” Manase said.
A week ago, there were indications that Marry and Chiwenga
had decided to settle the matter out of court, but in a sudden turn of events,
Chiwenga’s other lawyer, Wellington Pasipanodya on Monday said the retired army
general had not conceded to sitting down with his estranged wife.
Marry’s lawyer Taona Nyamakura, however, refused to comment
on the matter after the urgent chamber deliberations, saying the matter was sub
judice. Newsday
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