Zimbabwean aide cleared
“Having carefully considered the facts, I come to the conclusion that the state has failed to prove a prima facie case. The accused is accordingly found not guilty,” said Judge Chinembiri Bhunu.
The 53-year-old former white farmer was Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s pick for deputy agriculture minister in the year-old unity government, but he was arrested in February 2009, shortly before he was to be sworn in, over terror charges stemming from accusations that he had funded a plot to topple Mugabe four years ago.
