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A WOMAN from Harare yesterday appeared in court on charges of threatening to kill a businessman, who is a complainant in her perjury case.
Elizabeth Parirenyatwa Mucheche was facing charges of perjury and threat to kill when she appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi.
The State submitted that she claimed she was being driven by the spirit of Mbuya Nehanda to claim the estate of Brian James Rhodes which she alleged was stolen from her.
The State yesterday applied for the matter to proceed under terms of the Mental Health Act as prosecutor Mr Rufaro Chonzi said they suspected that Mucheche was suffering from a mental illness.
The defence opposed the application arguing that the State had to prove why she must undergo a mental health examination.
Mr Mangosi remanded Mucheche in custody until tomorrow for bail application while considering the application for a mental health examination.
Allegations are that in October 2022 at 5 Woodbridge Close, Glen Lorne, Harare, Mucheche, who is not related to the late Brian James Rhodes or legally appointed as an executor of his estate, generated a fake power of attorney document.
On the second count of threatening to kill Brian Murphy, who is the complainant, the court heard that in July this year at the same address of 5 Woodbridge Close, Mucheche met Murphy and threatened to kill him after he had reported a case of perjury against her at ZRP Highlands.
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