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Monday, 10 March 2008, 10:45 GMT

Jail for defacer of Mugabe poster

Robert Mugabe election poster A man has been jailed for a month for destroying an election poster of President Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's Herald newspaper reports.

The report says Tichaona Sande tore up a poster of President Mugabe and threw the pieces on the floor after an argument at a Harare shop.

He was arrested after witnesses reported him to the police.

The magistrate said his behaviour could have provoked violence and jailed him until after the 29 March election.

Mr Sande was found guilty of breaching a section of the electoral law which prohibits destroying or defacing campaign materials.

The forthcoming elections see Mr Mugabe pitted against former Finance Minister Simba Makoni and long-term opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.



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