By Victor Fanuel
Harare – A Harare man whose vicious dogs killed a passerby last Saturday appeared in court on Tuesday, charged with culpable homicide.
Mike Mupinga, 40, was remanded in custody until Friday after prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi said they would file reasons for opposing bail on Wednesday.
Defense lawyer Stephen Chikotora will then argue for bail on Thursday before magistrate Marewanazvo Gofa rules on Friday.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) alleges that Mupinga owned four vicious dogs, including three pit bulls and a Rottweiler.
On May 30, the prosecution charges, he negligently left his dogs unmuzzled at his rented house in New Bluffhill.
The National Prosecuting Authority stated:
“The accused’s vicious dogs scaled over the short perimeter wall and met Samuel Machara who was walking along the nearby street.”
“The dogs bit Machara all over the body.”
Machara suffered deep wounds on his neck, hands, legs, and stomach, leading to his death.
Mupinga’s white pit bull was found with bloodstains when police visited the scene.
Mupinga also faces pending charges of vehicle theft, drug dealing, and rape.
The four dogs were seized by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and euthanized.
