CIO operative has case to answer, says court

on his defence.
Mubaiwa is being charged together with a Banket farmer, John Chari (32).
They allegedly told Mr Mashingaidze that he was on the elimination list over his involvement in the Asiagate scandal and his alleged links with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Mubaiwa had applied for discharge at the close of prosecution, arguing that he did not induce the complainant to give him anything and no evidence linked him to the offence.
Prosecutor Ms Memory Mukapa opposed the application, arguing that Mubaiwa ought to explain his involvement in the alleged crime.
It is alleged that on February 27 this year, Mubaiwa phoned Mr Mashingaidze and identified himself as Run’anga from the President’s Office.
He allegedly told him that he was in possession of a file that had serious implications on him.
The State says he claimed that the file in question had information about the Asiagate scandal and the role he was playing in troubling innocent people.
It is alleged he told him that the file had pictures of Fifa president Sepp Blatter, PM Tsvangirai and Zifa president Cuthbert Dube.
Mubaiwa, it is alleged, told Mr Mashingaidze that he had pictures of the PM in his Zifa office. He said this was an indication that he was a member of MDC-T.
The CIO operative said he was looking into his political background, which included his connection with MDC-T.
It is alleged he asked Mr Mashingaidze to meet him at Chikwanha Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza to discuss the matter.
Mubaiwa allegedly connived with Chari whom he briefed about the discussion he had with Mr Mashingaidze and asked him to proceed and meet him at the said place and discuss the matter while he was waiting for him.
On the same day at around 7pm, Mr Mashingaidze went to Chikwanha and along the way he was communicating with Mubaiwa on where to meet at the shopping centre.
Chari received him at the shopping centre in the company of four other unidentified men who were in a parked white kombi.
Chari, it is alleged, took Mr Mashingaidze to a secluded place behind the shopping centre and was accompanied by another unidentified man who kept a distance.
It is alleged Chari emphasised to Mr Mashingaidze the seriousness of the allegations against him.
He told him that there were six men, including himself, appointed to deal with him.
It is alleged he told Mr Mashingaidze that he was to be eliminated and that his bosses required US$10 000 or US$6 000 to be protected.
Chari, the State says, asked Mr Mashingaidze how much money he had on him and he produced US$20.
Chari allegedly told him to look for the required money and indicated to him that he was going to contact him the following morning.
The following day, Mr Mashingaidze advised Zifa president Mr Dube and Brigadier General Elliot Kasu what the pair had said and the amount of money demanded.
At around 2:30pm, it is alleged, Mubaiwa gave his car to Chari to use in pursuing Mr Mashingaidze.
It is alleged he later phoned Mr Mashingaidze and told him to come to Avondale Shopping Centre with the money.
The State further alleges that Mr Mashingaidze teamed up with plain-clothes police officers and proceeded as requested by Chari.
While on the way, Chari told Mr Mashingaidze to go to Spar supermarket at Kensington Shopping Centre.
Mr Mashingaidze took a taxi and met Chari at Spar supermarket.
While inside the supermarket, Chari  asked him how much he had brought and he told him that he had US$2 000.
The money was in a khaki envelope and Chari put it in his trousers’ right pocket and told him to go and look for the balance as his bosses wanted it.
Plain-clothes police officers arrested Chari and recovered the money.
He then implicated Mubaiwa.