Gweru top cop trial kicks off

THE trial of officer-in-charge CID Gweru, Detective Inspector Leonard Gwandu, who is facing allegations of releasing a stolen vehicle held as an exhibit yesterday kicked off with accused denying the charges.

Through his lawyer, Nomore Hlabano, Gwandu, who appeared before Gweru regional magistrate Pathekile Msipa, argued that when the purported owner of the vehicle was acquitted, the court was silent on how the car should be disposed of.

He said there was no laid down police procedure he contradicted when he released the vehicle and challenged the State to prove the existence of such a procedure.

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