Do not be surprised if you come across popular Gweru music
promoter Esau Hondora and his sidekick Proud Mhaka later today.
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| Hondora and Mhaka on the day they were convicted |
Justice Nokuthula Moyo of the High Court has given them
reprieve, setting bail at $100 each pending appeal.
Hondora and Mhaka’s attorney, Tonderai Chitere of Chitere
Chidawanyika and Partners approached the High Court on the 17 of May and
appealed against sentence.
In his grounds of appeal, Chitere said the
magistrate erred in convicting the pair in that there was no evidence proving
all the essential elements of the crime.
“The learned magistrate erred in convicting appellants when
in actual fact there was no evidence that there was common purpose in the commission
of the crime,” read part of the application.
Chitere said by virtue of imposing a 12-months jail term for
which 6 months were suspended on various conditions, it implied that the court
felt that the offence was not as serious as the court said.
The pair had been convicted of robbery, where it was alleged
they took $1300 and a Samsung Galaxy S6 worth $600 in broad daylight from
Robson Vunganai who was parked outside Pick ‘n’ Pay Gweru.
Mhaka claimed complainant owed him $120.
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