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Temba Mliswa bail ruling today
03 Feb 2015 at 07:13hrs | Views
Former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman and Hurungwe West legislator Temba Mliswa appeared in court yesterday facing charges of theft after several types of rifles were found at his farm.
Mliswa will know if he will be granted bail today after his application could not be concluded yesterday.
Mliswa, who was arrested on Saturday, appeared before Chinhoyi magistrate Ignatius Mugova facing theft charges under Section 113 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.
Prosecutor Herald Matura preferred theft charges against Mliswa involving eight different rifles found at his farm.
The schedule of firearms presented to the court showed that there was a 303 rifle, Patrone .22 rifle, Kal .22 I.F.B rifle, BSA 7.57mm rifle, K217.62mm rifle, .458 Witworth Express rifle, Vanguard 12 Bore shotgun and a 12 Bore double barrel shotgun.
Matura said Mliswa stole the eight firearms from Summerhill Farm in Mhangura belonging to then owner Myles Walter Hall sometime in 2007.
He allegedly stashed the firearms in a trench at his disused Spring Farm fowl run.
Matura opposed bail on the grounds that Mliswa could interfere with witnesses since one of them was his worker at the farm.
Source - the herald
