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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Marry Mubaiwa, the ex-wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga will be appealing her conviction for marriage fraud by a Harare magistrate, her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has said.<\/p>\n

Mubaiwa was found guilty of contravening the Marriage Act after she tried to upgrade her customary union with Chiwenga without his consent.<\/p>\n

She had claimed Chiwenga had agreed to formalise their union while he was hospitalised in India.<\/p>\n

Mtetwa said in convicting Mubaiwa, magistrate Lanzini Ncube ignored their submissions and said he came \u201cup with a case of his own in passing judgement\u201d. Said Mtetwa:<\/p>\n

My view is that the conviction is a bad conviction, we have already prepared our notice of appeal and grounds of appeal.<\/p>\n

The Magistrate ignored every submission we made, all the contradictions in the state\u2019s case and he created a new case of his own completely not based on what the charge sheet says, so we are appealing.<\/p>\n

Mubaiwa was given an option to pay ZWL$60 000 or go to jail for six months.<\/p>\n

The magistrate ruled she was not in good health to go to jail or perform hours of community service.<\/p>\n

He also said Mubaiwa deserves a second chance since she is a first time offender.<\/p>\n

Mubaiwa has several other charges pending before the courts including fraud, attempted murder and assault.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Marry Mubaiwa, the ex-wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga will be appealing her conviction for marriage fraud by a Harare magistrate, her lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa has said. Mubaiwa was found guilty of contravening the Marriage Act after she tried to upgrade her customary union with Chiwenga without his consent. 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