Ex-wife of Zimbabwe's vice-president freed after collapse of attempted murder case
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Marry Mubaiwa in an image from 2018 when she was still married to Constantino Chiwenga The former wife of Zimbabwe's vice-president has been freed from remand after seven years while on trial for his attempted murder.
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Marry Mubaiwa was charged in 2019, after her then husband Gen Constantino Chiwenga accused her of trying to impede his medical treatment in South Africa.
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Ordering her release, a magistrate said Mubaiwa had suffered mental, physical and financial prejudice during the trial, state-owned daily the Herald said.
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The ruling was made after the state asked for the trial to be postponed by a month in order to engage witnesses.
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Her lawyer described the ruling as a victory that had come too late, because her client's rights had been violated by the delay in the trial.
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Speaking outside court in the capital Harare on Tuesday, the lawyer added that if the state moved for a new trial, they would deal with it when it happened.
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Mubaiwa was accused of attempting to kill Chiwenga, while he was in hospital in Pretoria.
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The vice-president then went to China for four months of treatment. Mubaiwa was remanded in custody and denied bail.
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According to the New Zimbabwe news website, Mubaiwa celebrated her release outside court, and said justice had been achieved and that she was proud of her lawyer.
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In 2017, Chiwenga played a key role in overthrowing then President Robert Mugabe.
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Vice-president's wife on attempted murder charge
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