Harare - #THISFLAG movement leader, Evan Mawarire, walked out of the High Court a free man after all criminal charges were dropped by Justice Priscilla Chigumba.
“There is no evidence that he [Mawarire] urged a violent removal of the government,” Justice Chigumba said.
“On the two charges of subverting a constitutional government, the accused [Mawarire] is not guilty, and on charges of incitement to commit public violence, the accused is also not guilty.”
Responding to the ruling, Mawarire said: “I am absolutely elated that that I have been discharged on both charges. The whole journey has been absurd, I should not have been in the dock at all. I should never been arrested, I should never have been charged. I should never have spent 11 months trying to defend myself for exercising my constitutional rights.
