Mr Chimbari was arrested in 2020 on abuse of office and
bribery allegations over handling of a case involving the illegal sale of
stands in Kuwadzana in a US$1 million scam by Harare City Council officials.
He was being charged with four police officers for
allegedly being paid off for not arresting or not charging suspected kingpins
in the scam by being allocated stands in Westlea.
Mr Chimbari was let off the hook by Harare regional
magistrate Mr Taurai Manwere during a ruling on an application for discharge at
the close of the case for prosecution.
Mr Manwere said the State failed to prove the essential
elements of both the main and the alternative charge and clearly there was no
evidence on which a reasonable court acting carefully would convict him .
“Accordingly, the accused is hereby discharged at the close
of the case for prosecution in terms of section 198 (3) of the Code in respect
of both the main and alternative charge.
“Resultantly, I hereby found the accused not guilty and
acquitted in respect of the main alternative and alternative charge.”
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