Pokugara Property, ex-director acquitted of perjury

POKUGARA Property  and its former managing director Michael Van Blerk ,who were accused of perjury, have been acquitted by the courts at the close of the State case.

 Van Blerk and Pokugara Property represented by Advocate Tawanda Zhuwarara were being accused of falsifying contents of an affidavit submitted at the High Court which resulted in the destruction of a showroom built in Borrowdale, Harare, without an approved council plan.

 Magistrate Ngoni Nduna acquitted Van Blerk and the company after the complainant and the State failed to prove a case against the two.

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