Chideme is facing allegations of assaulting his wife,
Dyonne Tafirenyika following a misunderstanding over her phone following his
performance at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare recently.
His lawyer Mr Dumisani Mthombeni was responding to an
application for postponement of the trial by the State after it submitted that
they are two witnesses who needed to be recorded statements.
The State applied for the matter to be postponed to May 30
to give it space to record statements from two witnesses which it doesn’t know
at this stage.
“My client now feels the State is biased towards him and
has joined the complainant in persecuting him. It’s no longer prosecution.
“The State is going out to hunt in the dark, it does not
know who it is looking for and is expecting to come with a witness who will
support the evidence of the complainant,” said Mr Mthombeni.
He said if the State wants the matter to be postponed, the
court should remove his client from remand.
Harare magistrate Mrs Evelyn Mashavirakure deferred the
matter to June 13 for trial commencement. Herald
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