The command on Wednesday dropped prices against businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe who had been accused of swindling the Harare City Council US$9 million in a botched streetlights soft.
Disclose Mabhaudhi, representing the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) withdrew the prices against the 2 before plea with out giving reasons for the Converse’s resolution.
Trial used to be resulting from originate before High Court resolve Justice Benjamin Chikowero.
The command used to be accusing the 2 of misrepresenting their credentials to win the soft.
The command extra alleged that the 2 submitted they had the particular required expertise by falsely claiming they had undertaken light bulb installations in the Harare CBD.
It used to be moreover alleged that they lied they had previously installed Christmas lights for the City of Harare.
The command alleged the 2 supplied unregistered audit documents to bolster their utility.
After being awarded the soft, Mpofu signed because the managing director of Juluka, their company on the centre of the controversy, while Chimombe validated the documents.
The wander facilitated the initiate of US$260,000 as fragment cost for the alleged services.
Commenting on essentially the most up-to-date building, their lawyers mentioned the Converse’s case used to be too broken-down.
“I’m certain the state just realised that its case against our clients was too weak,” mentioned Chimombe’s authorized skilled Ashiel Mugiya.
“The withdrawal of the prices by the command is a welcome building.
“Our purchasers are on epic regarding the weakness of the command case and that the prices they’re facing are trumped up, baseless and incorrect. They have not got any case to resolution.
“It is only unfortunate that such withdrawal happens after all this long and after the long pre-trial incarceration for so long,” mentioned Suggest Tapson Dzvetero, representing Mpofu.
The companions unexcited contain yet one more pending criminal case currently being heard before High Court resolve Justice Pisirayi Kwenda.
In this case, they’re accused of defrauding the command of US$7 million in a presidential goats pass on project.
