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Timba and 34 other activists convicted
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Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader and former senator Jameson Timba and 34 other party activists have been convicted of participating in an illegal gathering.
Magistrate Collet Ncube however acquitted 28 individuals.
Timba and the guilty activists now await sentencing.
The group was arrested on June 16 this year on allegations of participating in an unlawful gathering and disorderly conduct.
Timba and other activists had sought discharge arguing that they cannot be charged with disorderly conduct or participating in an unlawful gathering because they were not in a public space.
They also said the police used a dragnet arrest approach.
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available.
Magistrate Collet Ncube however acquitted 28 individuals.
Timba and the guilty activists now await sentencing.
Timba and other activists had sought discharge arguing that they cannot be charged with disorderly conduct or participating in an unlawful gathering because they were not in a public space.
They also said the police used a dragnet arrest approach.
This is a developing story and will be updated as new information becomes available.
Source - byo24news
