BUSINESSMAN Mike Chimombe slipped and fell as he disembarked from the prison truck at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterdayHe slipped from the stairs and slumped onto the ground in what was a nasty fall. He sustained minor injuries on his head and hand. He was assisted by other inmates and was whisked away into court where he appeared to be fine.
There was speculation that he had collapsed but that was not true and the truth is that he slipped and fell.He appeared in fine spirits in court during proceedings and when he chatted with Prophet Passion Java, who attended the court session to offer morale support.Chimombe and Moses Mpofu, who are facing fraud charges, spent another night in remand prison yesterday after their lengthy bail application was postponed to today for continuation.
The duo appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa.Prosecutor Anesu Chirenje led evidence from the lead investigator, Henry Chapwanya, who opposed bail saying:“It is not advisable to grant the duo bail because the goat scheme was meant to get rid of poverty in under privileged communities, the public is angry as they were looking forward to it and to the attainment of a middle income society, that’s the President’s vision. “Economic saboteurs must be handled with an iron fist.
“They are interfering with investigations, on June 24 they released a memo on their social media platform commenting on the investigation that’s ongoing, jeopardising our investigations.”
Due to time constraints, the matter had to be rolled over to today.
