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Driver in court for killing Zanu-PF supporter after seeing Mugabe
16 Jun 2016 at 10:56hrs | Views
A kombi driver appeared before Harare magistrate Fadzai Mtombeni facing charges of culpable homicide.
The driver, Costa Gono, is accused of 'killing' a Zanu PF youth league member who tried to attack him after seeing Mugabe at Harare International Airport.
According to NewsDay, the incident happened after ferrying the deceased, Tapiwa Chibvunze of Waterfalls from Harare International Airport, where he had gone with others to welcome President Robert Mugabe.
Mugabe was coming from Japan.
The court heard that the accused driver was being attacked by Mugabe's supporters and tried to flee the scene.
Gono allegedly "sped off while dragging the now deceased and another supporter, who was hanging from his wing mirror," Newsday reported.
The prosecutor told the court that the accused "failed to stop despite realising that his actions could cause the death of the two supporters, who were still hanging precariously onto the kombi."
According to the publication, the deceased fell then fell and sustained severe head injuries, bled profusely and died before admission at hospital.
The driver, Costa Gono, is accused of 'killing' a Zanu PF youth league member who tried to attack him after seeing Mugabe at Harare International Airport.
According to NewsDay, the incident happened after ferrying the deceased, Tapiwa Chibvunze of Waterfalls from Harare International Airport, where he had gone with others to welcome President Robert Mugabe.
Mugabe was coming from Japan.
The court heard that the accused driver was being attacked by Mugabe's supporters and tried to flee the scene.
Gono allegedly "sped off while dragging the now deceased and another supporter, who was hanging from his wing mirror," Newsday reported.
The prosecutor told the court that the accused "failed to stop despite realising that his actions could cause the death of the two supporters, who were still hanging precariously onto the kombi."
According to the publication, the deceased fell then fell and sustained severe head injuries, bled profusely and died before admission at hospital.
Source - NewsDay
