Chivero boat disaster crew freed from jail

THE High Court has delivered a landmark ruling in cases involving boat disasters and acquitted the Lake Chivero boat disaster crew that was slapped with effective five-year jail terms following the death of 11 children on the lake on Christmas Day three years ago.

They had been in jail for nearly three years.

The boat crew — Joseph Abrahams and Fadil Ramon — were sentenced to effective terms of imprisonment by provincial magistrate Tendai Mahwe in 2012 after convicting them of being equally liable for causing the death of the children.

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