Judge Justice Esther Muremba of the High Court has resigned from the case in which Neville Mutsvangwa, the son of Women’s Affairs Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, is charged with breaking the Exchange Control Act, and has applied for bail. Esther Muremba gave her choice due to “personal reasons.”
The matter will now be forwarded to the High Court Registrar in order to assign a new judge. Mutsvangwa will be in detention in the interim.
Neville Mutsvangwa is accused of money laundering and illicit foreign exchange trade. A new judge will now hear his bail application, which was originally scheduled to be heard at the High Court.
In related news, Neville Mutsvangwa’s High Court bail appeal ruling set for Wednesday.
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TOP Zanu PF politicians, Christopher and Monica Mutsvangwa’s son Neville, who is currently locked up on allegations of dealing in foreign currency and money laundering, among other criminal charges, will know his fate next Wednesday when the High Court is expected to hand down ruling on his bail appeal.
Neville Mutsvangwa (44) is jointly charged with Simbarashe Tichingana and Ellis Majachani.
Accused persons were recently denied bail by the lower court, which ruled they were a flight risk.
The trio is represented by lawyer Josephine Sande who told the High Court that Magistrate Dennis Mangosi erred in denying her clients bail yet there was no evidence to prove commission of an offence placed before him.
“What we believe as lawyers is bail is a constitutional right and everyone is entitled to bail
