THE Harare Magistrates’ Court has freed police commissioner Douglas Nyakutsikwa after ruling that he cannot be tried twice based on circumstances emanating from the same transaction. Regional magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro made the finding after Nyakutsikwa challenged the fraud charges against him, arising from accusations that he single-handedly allocated a residential stand in Vainona. Through his…
Top cop gets reprieve

Auxillia Muguto, 75, who allegedly did not benefit from her late husband’s estate, appeared before Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday.