Source: Chombo escapes jail – DailyNews Live
Deputy Chief Writer 22 September 2017
HARARE – Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo has escaped a 90-day jail
term after High Court judge Charles Hungwe cleared him of contempt of
court charges in a case in which Mutare businessman Tendai Blessing
Mangwiro is seeking to recover over $1, 5 million confiscated by the
police in 2008.
“It is ordered that: the applicant (Chombo) has complied with his
obligations as nominal defendant in terms of the State Liabilities Act
(Chapter 8:14) in respect of the order of court handed down under case
numbers HC 4766/13 and HC 4261/16,” Hungwe ruled.
This ruling comes after Chombo was slapped with a 90-day prison term by
High Court judge Emmy Tsanga for failing to comply with an order demanding
him to facilitate the release of Mangwiro’s money.
Chombo told the court he wrote a letter to the Finance ministry for it to
release the funds but nothing has happened to date.
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