Chimombe was arrested in Mt Darwin in February this year after addressing a rally. Police at the rally claimed that Chimombe had said that Mugabe was epileptic. However, the magistrate dismissed the claim as the State had failed to bring in witnesses to testify in court. The magistrate said it was actually the State that was undermining the President by bringing falsehoods to the courts.
25.8.2010
7:58
MDC official acquitted
HARARE The MDC-T acting Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson, Godfrey Chimombe, has been acquitted by a Bindura magistrate under tough security laws which bar any remarks "undermining the authority or insulting" Zimbabwes President Robert Mugabe.