Venus Charumbira
Courts and Crimes Reporter
www.zimgbcnews.co.zw<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 35-year-old bodyguard to a prominent church leader has been remanded in custody after he allegedly attempted to obstruct justice in a rape investigation involving his employer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tapiwa Felix Chikondo appeared before the court facing charges of defeating or obstructing the course of justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Chikondo tried to interfere with witnesses to derail police investigations into a rape complaint lodged against the church leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInvestigators allege that in November 2025, Chikondo contacted the complainant\u2019s mother, urging her not to cooperate with law enforcement\u201d, said the authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He reportedly sent her US$200 via EcoCash for transport to Harare in an attempt to settle the matter privately. On 28 November, he allegedly visited the complainant\u2019s home to further discuss the case and was cautioned about interfering with police investigations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police linked Chikondo to the EcoCash transaction through agent records recovered on 1 December. He was arrested on 2 December 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The NPA has issued a stern warning, no individual regardless of social standing or affiliation is permitted to obstruct police investigations The State will act decisively to protect the administration of justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The case underscores the growing concern over interference in judicial processes, especially in sensitive cases such as sexual offences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Follow Zim GBC News for Updates \u200e\ud83d\udcf1 WhatsApp\/Hotline: +263 773 820 323 \u200e\ud83c\udf10 Website: www.zimgbcnews.co.zw \u200e\ud83d\udcd8 Facebook: Zim GBC News \u200e\ud83d\udc26 X (Twitter): @ZimGBCNews \u200e\ud83d\udcf8 Instagram: @ZimGBCNews \u200e\u25b6\ufe0f YouTube: Zim GBC News<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200eZimGBCNews | Global News From An African Perspective\u00a9\ufe0f2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Venus CharumbiraCourts and Crimes Reporterwww.zimgbcnews.co.zw A 35-year-old bodyguard to a prominent church leader has been remanded in custody after he allegedly attempted to obstruct justice in a rape investigation involving… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-court-and-crime-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11118,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11117\/revisions\/11118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}