High Court acquits Mamombe, Chimbiri

THE High Court yesterday acquitted Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists Joanah Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, who were being accused of publishing falsehoods and fabricating their abduction by State security agents.

Mamombe and Chimbiri approached the High Court challenging a lower court’s decision to allow their criminal matter to proceed to the defence.

A Harare magistrate had ruled that the State had established a prima facie case against the duo.

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