By Staff Writer
TOP lawyer and politician, Tendai Biti will forever regret the day he attacked a member of the investors community following his loss in the case against Tatiana Aleshina.
Following a long trial on the matter, Harare Magistrate, Vongai Guwuriro Monday convicted Biti after she found him guilty of assaulting businesswoman and investor Aleshina at the Harare Magistrates Court sometime in 2020.
โWhat remains critical is that she went to receive medication. She was prescribed some medication although she refused to be admitted.
โIt is not in dispute that the accused and complainant had a verbal altercation on the day in question and the accused called the complainant a stupid idiot.
โThe evidence that is clearly standing out is that the accused pointed a finger at the complainant.
โThe State has managed to prove that the accused uttered the words which the accused confirmed himself.
โAll the witnesses are credible witnesses and the court has no reason to doubt their testimonies.
โThe evidence of all the state witnesses cannot be said to be worthless as alleged by the accused.
โFor those reasons, I find the accused person guilty,โ said Guwuriro.
The prosecution followed an incident at the Harare Magistrates Court, where there was an exchange of words between him and Aleshina, who is involved in a property dispute with one of Bitiโs clients.
The ex-Finance Minister denied wrongdoing, admitting calling Aleshina an โidiotโ, but maintained that there was no physical confrontation.
He argued that he was being charged a highly questionable and the most desperate of all charges.
