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Method Mwanjali

Fungai Lupande Court Reporter
The trial of CAPS United skipper Method Mwanjali, accused of stabbing another man following a misunderstanding in a drunken brawl, failed to open yesterday after he applied to have the trial postponed to June 21 because his lawyer, Advocate Lewis Uriri, was handling another case at the Bulawayo High Court.

Prosecutor Mrs Tinashe Makiya consented to the postponement.

Harare magistrate Mr Noel Mupeiwa adjourned the matter to June 21.

Mwanjali is facing attempted murder charges and is on $100 bail.

His alleged accomplice and teammate Archford Gutu is also out on bail.

Gutu is facing a charge of malicious damage to property and his trial was adjourned to June 13.

Allegations are that Mwanjali (33) stabbed Tonderai Nhunzvi with a knife on Independence Day following an altercation in the parking lot at Long Cheng Plaza in Belvedere, Harare.

The State alleges that the two met at an intersection in the complex, where their vehicles almost collided, leading to a heated exchange and the stabbing.

Gutu, who was behind the wheel, allegedly got out of the vehicle and charged towards Nhunzvi, who had three passengers.

He accused Nhunzvi of reckless driving.

The misunderstanding degenerated into a fistfight with Gutu smashing the windscreen of the vehicle which Nhunzvi was driving.

Mwanjali allegedly joined in the fracas and drew a knife with which he reportedly stabbed Nhunzvi in the stomach.

Nhunzvi’s friend Lionel Muchena tried to stop Mwanjali, but was left injured.