Through her lawyer Mr Peter Patisani, Rushwaya denied the
charges saying she never offered anyone a bribe on the day in question as she
had no intentions to smuggle the gold.
Rushwaya told the court that she only carried a wrong bag
to the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport.
A fortnight ago, Mrs Mapiye rejected her application for
discharge at the close of the State case and ordered her to explain what she
did soon after the airport officials discovered she was in possession of gold.
In her defence case, Rushwaya insisted that she never
offered a bribe to smuggle the said gold, as she was a gold buying agent for
Fidelity Printers and Refiners with a gold buying licence.
Rushwaya told the court that if she had intentions to
smuggle gold, she would have not volunteered to go through the security
scanning point after being ushered by the airport officials to use the VIP
section.
She said she advised airport officials, including Owen
Sibanda whom she allegedly offered the bribe, that she had picked a wrong bag
from home.
Rushwaya said upon her arrest, she cooperated with law
enforcement agents at all material times.
She told the court that the police went to take the other
bag, which she claims is similar to the one she was found with at the airport,
during the time she was in remand prison.
Rushwaya said the police were still in custody of the two
similar bags since 2020. Herald
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