By Own Correspondent- A man’s defamation lawsuit against the government-controlled tabloid, H-Metro hit a snag after a High Court judge Justice Helena Charewa dismissed his claim.

The man was however slapped with an order to pay the legal costs.

Said Charewa in her ruling:

“The headline of the publication complained of merely states that ‘Man evicts Jairos Jiri members’ it does not impute any wrongdoing on the plaintiff (Sibanda). In fact, prima facie, the ordinary reader would presume that the eviction is lawful because there is no imputation that it was otherwise,”