SENIOR MAGISTRATE ARRESTED

A senior magistrate stationed at the Mutare Civil Court – Xavier Chipato – has been arrested and arraigned before the same court on allegations of extortion charges. Chipato (33), who is alleged to have extorted a court attendee, is facing a charge of extortion as defined in Section 134 and an alternative charge of bribery as defined in Section 170(1)(a)(i) of the Criminal Law (Codification and