NOT GUILTY : CIO OPERATIVE

Gweru regional magistrate Christopher Maturure yesterday acquitted a 45-year-old Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative, who was being accused of rape. Makopa Manyadze was facing allegations of raping a 20-year-old woman. He denied the charges. His lawyer Innocent Hore applied for discharge at the close of the State’s case and Maturure ruled in favour of Manyadze, saying the State