A Harare Magistrate’s Court took time to visit Zimbabwe Airways offices in-loco to verify testimony issued by state witness against former Zim Airways boss Simba Chikore.

Chikore who is son in law to former President Robert Mugabe, is facing kidnap charges after a former employee of the airways, Bertha Zakeyo, alleged that he locked her up in the offices against her will after the two quarrelled over termination of her employment contract.

Witness Simon Masakasa who at the court’s last hearing provided uncoordinated evidence forced Chikore’s lawyer Jonathan Samukange to ask the court to visit the offices in-loco to prove that Masakasa was an unreliable witness.

Masakasa also a former employee at the airways had alleged that he had seen what transpired when Zakeyo was being detained from his compartment at the building.

After the visit to the offices, it turned out that Musaka had lied in his testimony as the arrangement in the office and the distances he mentioned would not tie up.

The distance that he had described and the setup was incorrect and hence he could not have given his testimony as an eye witness as is required by law.

After an intense cross-examination by Samukange, Masakasa admitted that he had made stories against Chikore out of bitterness for his impromptu termination of contract with the airline. He further told the court that he was angry for being fired from his position.

Chikore is jointly charged with Safeguard security guard Simbarashe Mutimbe. The two are out on $30 bail each.