Zimbabwe: Shiri Shooting - Two Jailed for Perjury

13 August 2009

Harare — Two men who falsely implicated three others in the foiled assassination attempt on Air Marshal Perance Shiri in December last year have each been slapped with three-month jail terms.

Dzingai Moyo (61) and Gibson Maingano (25) had denied the charge when they appeared before magistrate Ms Miriam Banda, but were convicted because of overwhelming evidence against them after a fully contested trial.

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