The kombi driver who crashed his vehicle into VP Chiwenga’s motorcade has been jailed for an effective two-and-a-half years. The court...
The kombi driver who crashed his vehicle into VP Chiwenga’s
motorcade has been jailed for an effective two-and-a-half years.
The court heard that on August 24, Silas Hungwe failed to
control his vehicle along Borrowdale Road and hit Vice President Chiwenga’s
vehicle on the side. No one was injured, but the vehicles were damaged.
“The accused (Hungwe) has been found guilty of the crime as
he failed to perform the required pre-vehicle checks before he drove his
vehicle. This is something he would have known had he been taught during the
driver’s licence lessons as required before one drives.
“Therefore he has been found guilty and I sentence him to
an effective 12 months in prison for driving without a licence and he is also
not allowed to drive any car in the same class with commuter omnibuses for the
rest of his life. For the accident, I sentence him to 18 months in prison and
these sentences are to be served consecutively,” said the magistrate.
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