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4 people in court for announcing unofficial election results
08 Aug 2013 at 07:09hrs | Views
On Monday, four people appeared before the same court facing charges of unlawfully announcing elections results before the official announcement by Zec.
Isaac Mberi (60) and Eveline Dube (66) were jointly charged while Phanuel Dodzo (40) and Thandolwethu Paul Ndlovu (25) appeared separately.
The four were allegedly separately found with V11 forms, which are used for collation of final election results.
Mberi and Dube of 2988 and 2789 both in Emakhandeni, were arrested on Wednesday at Mtshingwe Primary School polling station in Emakhandeni when a Zanu-PF election agent, Doris Zhou, allegedly spotted them with the forms.
Mberi and Dube are on $20 bail and would be back in court tomorrow.
Dodzo, of 7584/28 Tshabalala and employed by TelOne in Belmont, was also remanded to the same date on $50 bail.
He was arrested on Thursday at Mahlabezulu Primary School in Tshabalala where he was an election agent representing MDC-T when other agents noticed that he was allegedly in possession of V11 forms.
He had allegedly already completed one of the forms with election results.
Ndlovu, of 22 Croome Road in Montrose, was arrested at Sidojiwe polling station on Thursday morning when he was found in possession of results for the polling station, which he had filled on the V11 form.
He was also remanded to tomorrow on $50 bail.
Leonard Sibanda (53), a teacher at Emganwini Primary School who initially appeared before the same court on Friday for disorderly conduct at a polling station was convicted on his own plea of guilty and fined $100 or 45 days in prison.
Appearing before Mr Shepherd Mjanja at the Electoral Court in Gokwe, Innocent Dope (23) was sentenced to an effective eight months in prison for tearing off ballot papers while in the voting booth.
Dope was convicted on his own plea of guilty and was sentenced to 12 months in prison but will serve an effective eight months after four months were suspended for three years on condition of good behaviour.
Isaac Mberi (60) and Eveline Dube (66) were jointly charged while Phanuel Dodzo (40) and Thandolwethu Paul Ndlovu (25) appeared separately.
The four were allegedly separately found with V11 forms, which are used for collation of final election results.
Mberi and Dube of 2988 and 2789 both in Emakhandeni, were arrested on Wednesday at Mtshingwe Primary School polling station in Emakhandeni when a Zanu-PF election agent, Doris Zhou, allegedly spotted them with the forms.
Mberi and Dube are on $20 bail and would be back in court tomorrow.
Dodzo, of 7584/28 Tshabalala and employed by TelOne in Belmont, was also remanded to the same date on $50 bail.
He had allegedly already completed one of the forms with election results.
Ndlovu, of 22 Croome Road in Montrose, was arrested at Sidojiwe polling station on Thursday morning when he was found in possession of results for the polling station, which he had filled on the V11 form.
He was also remanded to tomorrow on $50 bail.
Leonard Sibanda (53), a teacher at Emganwini Primary School who initially appeared before the same court on Friday for disorderly conduct at a polling station was convicted on his own plea of guilty and fined $100 or 45 days in prison.
Appearing before Mr Shepherd Mjanja at the Electoral Court in Gokwe, Innocent Dope (23) was sentenced to an effective eight months in prison for tearing off ballot papers while in the voting booth.
Dope was convicted on his own plea of guilty and was sentenced to 12 months in prison but will serve an effective eight months after four months were suspended for three years on condition of good behaviour.
Source - chronicle
