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Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent
The trial of MDC-T Member of Parliament for Mabvuku-Tafara James Maridadi in which he is being accused of grabbing a National Railways of Zimbabwe parking ticket book, failed to continue yesterday because the prosecutor and the legislator’s lawyer were tied up with other businesses. Maridadi is facing charges of unauthorised borrowing or use of property after allegedly grabbing, in a fit of rage, a “parking ticket book” worth $2,50 from a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) salesman.
He is on $100 bail. Harare magistrate Mr Takunda Mtetwa postponed the matter to December 21 for trial continuation. Allegations are that on October 9 Muzokomba, who is employed by NRZ as a ticket salesman, was manning the NRZ parcels parking zone and was receipting parking fees.
It is alleged that Maridadi parked his vehicle at the NRZ-controlled car park in the central business district of Harare and Mr Muzokomba waited for Maridadi’s return when he asked the legislator to pay the parking fees, but Maridadi became furious and demanded to see the ticket book which the salesman was using.
Mr Muzokomba, the court heard, showed Maridadi the ticket book but the legislator grabbed the book and drove away along Kenneth Kaunda Avenue. It is the State’s case that Muzokomba managed to note down Maridadi’s vehicle registration number and reported the case at Harare Central Police Station.
A Central Vehicle Registry check revealed that the legislator owned the vehicle.
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