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Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter
CCC politician Job Sikhala has been acquitted on a charge of obstructing the course of justice following a successful appeal against both conviction and sentence.
Justices Pisirayi Kwenda and Benjamin Chikowero, sitting as an appeal court, allowed the appeal and quashed the trial court decision.
Sikhala was in May convicted and fined US$600 for obstruction of justice after he posted on social media a video relating to the murder of Ms Moreblessing Ali and the violence that ensued in Nyatsime sometime last year.
The court ordered him to pay the fine by May 5 or risk serving six months in prison. Additionally, another six months were wholly suspended on the condition that he does not commit a similar crime in the next five years.
However, Sikhala remained in custody as he had three other pending cases before the criminal courts.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter