Biti dodges warrant of arrest

BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance vice-president Tendai Biti, who is accused of assaulting a Russian national Tatiana Aleshina at the Harare Magistrates’ Court, escaped a warrant of arrest by a whisker after he failed to appear in court despite him available at the courts.

Biti, through his lawyer Alec Muchadehama, had submitted that he was not in a position to enter the court since he had come into contact with COVID-19 positive people.

Biti’s lawyer said the State should not issue him with a warrant of arrest.

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