Marry Chiwenga, incarcerated wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has told the High Court that the money she is accused of externalizing belonged to her husband and not the state.

Marry made the revelations in her bail application at the High Court indicating that if there was any money laundering crime it should be placed on Vice President Chiwenga who owned the money.

“On the charge of externalization of money to China, the state has only evidence of one witness that the appellant will challenge at trial. She will state that the witness would not have any basis to assume or allege that the money was moved illegally nor is the witness telling the truth.

“The money does not belong to the appellant, and in fact, it was money belonging to her husband, who should be the person in the dock assuming an offense, was committed,” she said in papers filed by her lawyers.

Marry has also challenged allegations that she tried to kill her husband. “Laughable is the so-called last exhibit. The state says it has a photograph of a blooded shirt that the Vice President was wearing.

“Surely an exhibit of that nature, despite it being merely of circumstantial relevance would have been kept and safeguarded. A photograph of a blooded t-shirt remains a photograph. It proves nothing and cannot override primary evidence.

“One is reminded of the saying that surely when a hyena wants to eat its children, it first accuses them of smelling like goats.”