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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 85396, member: 27"]
High Court weighs bail fight for a preacher’s guard after lower courts shut him down twice.

Bail appeal at the High Court
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[*]Justice Gibson Mandaza is set to rule on a bail challenge.
[*]The applicant is Tapiwa Felix Chikondo, security aide to Walter Magaya.
[*]Police nabbed him on December 3 over blocking an arrest attempt.
[*]Magistrates rejected bail twice, pushing the fight upstairs.
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Defense angle and claimed shift
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[*]Lawyer Malvern Mapako says the magistrate leaned on guesswork.
[*]A separate case used against bail collapsed at trial.
[*]That clearance gets pitched as a material change.
[*]Defense says the obstruction claim itself is bogus.
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State pushback and risk claims
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[*]Prosecutor Paida Gutu says the witness's meddling with evidence stayed strong.
[*]The court flagged repeat-offense risk as real.
[*]He allegedly acted while already out on bail elsewhere.
[*]Prosecutors argue the magistrate read the law correctly.
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