The six-metre long python which was being kept by a sex
worker at a lodge in Mutare for alleged use in black magic endeavors was today
brought to the Mutare Magistrates Courts as an exhibit.
Hundreds of people thronged the courts to see the snake
which was brought by detectives and officials from the Department of Parks and
Wildlife for it to be recorded as an exhibit.
After it was registered as an exhibit the reptile was taken
back to the Mutare Museum for safe keeping since the Clerk of Court does not
have a suitable place to keep it.
The sex worker, Queen Mpofu and the owner of the Green Gate
lodge she operates from, Loice Samhere, were remanded in custody to December 20
for trial after Miss Notebular Muchineripi turned down their bail applications.
They are facing charges of contravening the Parks and
Wildlife Act for allegedly possessing a specified animal.
Mpofu was arrested first but she later confessed to
detectives that Samhere was the owner of the snake and was only keeping it for
her.
Mr Tirivanhu Mutyasira prosecuted while Messrs Chris Ndlovu
and Cosmas Chibaya stood for the suspects. Manica Post
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