Zimbabwe spies jailed

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By Staff Reporter

A ZIMBABWE court on Tuesday convicted two senior members of President Robert Mugabe's ruling party and a banker who have admitted to selling state secrets to South Africa, a prosecutor said.

"The sentences have been delivered," state prosecutor Morgen Nemadire told reporters outside the courtroom where the trial was held behind closed doors.

"Because of the different and various degrees of moral reprehensibility, they have received various and different prison terms, details of which I cannot disclose," added Nemadire.

However, sources said Godfrey Dzvairo, Zimbabwe's ambassador-designate to Mozambique was sentenced to six years while his two-co-accused, Itai Marchi, the security director of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF party and former Metropolitan Bank company secretary Tendai Matambanadzo received five year jail terms each.

They had all pleaded guilty to the charges at their first court appearance on December 24. Their bid to change their plea to not guilty, on grounds that they had originally confessed under duress, was unsuccessful.

They have, however, sought leniency in connection with their guilty plea.

The maximum sentence the men faced was 20 years in jail and a hefty fine, or both.

Six senior Zanu-PF members including a member of parliament are accused of taking part in the spy ring that was allegedly providing South African President Thabo Mbeki's government with information on the party's affairs. - Sapa-AFP
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