Zimbabwe: Magaya’s Rape Trial Takes Dramatic Twist As Cleric Accuses Prosecutors of Abusing Court Processes to ‘Fix’ Him

The rape trial of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries founder Walter Magaya took fresh twists on Thursday after the cleric took the witness stand to support another bid to have his case referred to the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe, insisting prosecutors were abusing court processes in an attempt “to fix” him.

The development came as Harare Magistrate Esthere Chivasa dismissed an earlier application by the cleric seeking referral of the matter to the Constitutional Court, ruling that…