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Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent
The trial of a Harare who is facing allegations of swindling a ZB bank employee of US$18 000 continued with his lawyer claiming that his client received death threats from the complainant.
Micheal Mutsvunguma is facing fraud charges.
While cross examining the complainant Colleta Mhishi, Mutsvunguma’s lawyer claimed that his client received threats from people who claimed that they had been sent by a policeman only identified as Maunganidze.
Asked by the accused’s defence to comment on the status of her relationship with Maunganidze, Mhishi told the court that she only knew him as a police officer.
The defence also claimed that Mhishi once threatened Mutsvunguma that this transaction would get him killed.
Mutsvunguma last week tendered his defence outline to Harare magistrate Mrs Chido Garwe denying receiving any cent from Mhishi.
Mutsvunguma told the court that on the day Mhishi is alleged to have given him the money, he was away facilitating the processing of a forensic post-mortem of his father-in-law while in the company of a Police Homicide team that include Constable Cherai, Sergeant Musakaruka and Earnest Arufaneti.
Mhishi had alleged that the money was for a Mercedes Benz the accused was selling.
But the Mutsvunguma denied this, saying he had no vehicle that was on sale and that Mhishi had some deal with his sister Victoria Dhlamini who is said to be on the run.
Mutsvunguma said the complainant wanted to illegally took away his vehicle through misrepresentation.
Online Reporter