Zimbabwe vice president's wife freed on bail after attempted murder charge


  • World
  • Tuesday, 07 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: Constantino Chiwenga, who is now vice president of Zimbabwe, attends the inauguration ceremony of President Emmerson Mnangagwai n Harare, Zimbabwe, November 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

HARARE (Reuters) - The wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga was granted bail by Zimbabwe's High Court on Monday after spending three weeks in detention for allegedly trying to kill her husband.

Prosecutors say Marry Mubaiwa, who denies all charges, tried to unplug Chiwenga's life support tubes in a South African hospital in June. She was initially arrested on Dec. 14 on separate charges including fraud and money laundering.

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