The estranged wife of the vice president, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa who is facing a serious charge of attempted murder of the vice president of Zimbabwe, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga as defined in section 189 of the Criminal Law Act has been remanded in custody until the 30th of December 2019.
Representing the state, Michael Reza says the matter before the court is a third schedule offence and she should apply to the High Court for bail.
The complainant is the vice president of Zimbabwe, Constantino Guvheya Dominic Nyikadzino Chiwenga.
The state is being represented by Michael Reza and Jonathan Murombedzi while Marry Chiwenga is represented by Taona Nyamakura and Mzokuthula Mbuyisa from Mtetwa and Nyambirai law firm.
Court documents accessed by ZBC News online reveal that on 22 June 2019, the complainant was airlifted to South Africa for emergency medical attention, however upon arrival, the accused forced the complainant to stay at Sheraton Hotel in Pretoria for 24 hours.
It is alleged the security team had to force their way to take the complainant to Netcare hospital on the 23 of June 2019 as the accused kept on denying the complainant medical attention.
Upon his admission at the hospital, the vice president was inserted with an intravenous giving set as well as a central venous catheter in order to sustain his life.
Weeks later, the vice president was transferred to a private ward where he was under 24-hour monitoring by doctors and his security personnel.
The court documents say during this time, the complainant was helpless and would rely on medical staff and the security personnel whenever he was moving from one point to another.
It is alleged that on the 8th of July 2019, at about 2000 hours, Marry Mubaiwa came to the hospital with the intent to cause serious harm to the complainant.
It is alleged she ordered the security personnel to excuse them alleging she wanted privacy with the complainant, the security personnel went outside leaving the accused with the vice president following which she is accused of unlawfully removing the medical intravenous giving set as well as the central venous catheter which was inserted into the complainant and the vice president started to bleed profusely.
It is alleged the accused forced the complainant off the bed, held him by the hand and moved out of the ward before being intercepted by the security personnel at the exit door who then called in the hospital staff to reconnect the life-giving set.
It is alleged the accused disappeared from the hospital after the hospital staff was alerted by the security personnel.
Marry Mubaiwa is facing additional charges of externalising more than US$1 million, money laundering and fraud as defined in section 136 of the criminal law act chapter 9.2.
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