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the DJ’s wife, is expected to be heard tomorrow at the High Court.
DJ Munya (32), as Milimo is popularly known, Taurai Janhi (34) and Mohammed Matare (31) are being charged with murder.
In a telephone interview today, DJ Munya’s lawyer Mr Lucky Mawuwa said they filed a bail application last Friday at the High Court and the State was still to respond to the application.
He said the matter has been set for tomorrow.
DJ Munya and his alleged accomplices argue that the request for remand form (Form 242) does not disclose the nexus between themselves and the crime committed.
The State alleges that the DJ hired hitmen who kidnapped and murdered Tinashe Magorimbo after he failed to pay him US$5 000 as compensation for having an extra-marital affair with his wife.
Magorimbo, this past February, allegedly made a part payment of US$1 000 to DJ Munya through his alleged accomplices Janhi and Matare.
After the initial payment, Magorimbo allegedly became evasive, and DJ Munya is said to have engaged Janhi and Matare to deal with the now deceased until the whole outstanding amount was fully paid.
Sometime in May, the State alleges, Magorimbo’s human resources manager Henry Mandishona received a text message from cellphone number 0739 020 657 demanding a US$5 000 ransom for Magorimbo’s release.
On the same day, DJ Munya allegedly went to Magorimbo’s residence where he met his wife, Millicent, and assured her that her husband would return home the following day.
He allegedly ordered Millicent not to report the matter to the police.
The following day, the court heard, Millicent saw a naked Magorimbo, whose hands were tied with a blue shoelace, staggering as he approached the ground floor of their flat where he later collapsed.
Magorimbo was rushed to West End Hospital where upon admission, he was diagnosed of poisoning and he died on the same day in the intensive care unit.
A full post-mortem carried out confirmed Magorimbo died due to poisoning.
Online Reporter