High Court quashes Fadzai Mahere’s conviction and sentence over ‘Dead Baby’ tweet
The High Court has overturned the conviction and sentence of former Mount Pleasant MP and lawyer Fadzayi Mahere for communicating a false statement in 2021 by Harare Magistrate Taurai Manuwere.
On Wednesday, 28 February, Justice Benjamin Chikowero and Justice Pisirayi Kwenda ruled that Mahere had been charged, tried and convicted on the basis of a non-existent law and upheld her appeal and quashed the conviction and sentence.
