Staff Reporter
MARRY Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, was back in Harare Magistrate Court Monday and her case was further remanded to January 14,2020.
Mubaiwa is facing a cocktail of charges including attempted murder, fraud, externalisation of foreign currency and money laundering.
She, however, is appearing in the High Court of Zimbabwe Tuesday for a hearing on her bail application for attempted murder and appeal against other charges.
“The matter has been remanded to the January 14,2020 for routine remand but there is a bail application that is being argued tomorrow (December 31,2019),” Mubaiwa’s lawyer Mark Rujuwa said Monday.
In the application, Mubaiwa, denied the charges being levelled against her.
The lawyers argued that she was not a danger to society and that she had no capacity to interfere with State witnesses, who are members of the security forces.
The State is, however, opposed to the applicant being granted bail saying she is likely to abscond and not stand trial. The State also said the release of Mubaiwa on bail was likely to undermine or jeopadise the objectives of proper functioning of the criminal justice system.
