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Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter
Former CAPS United skipper Method Mwanjali paid the medical bills for the man he reportedly stabbed following a misunderstanding in a drunken brawl, prompting the man to forgive him and withdraw the charges.
Mwanjali today appeared before Mr Noel Mupeiwa, who cleared him of attempted murder charges.
In his withdrawal affidavit, Tonderai Nhunzvi, highlighted that he had opted for an out of court settlement.
“Accused and I have since reached an understanding and he has agreed to pay my medical bills. I have forgiven him and no longer wish to have him prosecuted. I have since recovered from the attack and I am back at work,” read the affidavit.
Nhunzvi told the court that he withdrew the charges on his own free will.
“I reached that decision on my own free will and I was never induced in anyway to withdraw the charges,” he said.
Prosecuting, Mrs Tinashe Kanyemba-Makiya consented to the withdrawal.
However, Mwanjali still has to answer to the assault charge that still stands. It is alleged that he assaulted Nhunzvi’s friend Lionel Muchena, who tried to stop him from attacking Nhunzvi.
Mwanjali will be back in court tomorrow for trial commencement. He is being represented by Mr Tinofara Hove.
Mwanjali’s alleged accomplice and teammate Archford Gutu is also out on bail. Gutu is facing a charge of malicious damage to property and his trial was adjourned to June 27
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