NewsDay senior reporter Laiton dies
NEWSDAY senior court reporter Charles Laiton has died. He was 48.
Laiton, who is survived by his wife and five children, passed on yesterday mid-morning at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals, where he had been admitted battling a kidney ailment.
His sister, Sophia Chalenga, confirmed his death.
“He was not well after being diagnosed with a kidney ailment and we took him to Harare Hospital, where he was admitted and discharged last week. However, his health deteriorated again last Friday and he was admitted at Parirenyatwa Hospital and was placed in a COVID-19 isolation ward,” she said.
He was 48.
Laiton died Monday mid-morning at Parirenyatwa Hospital where he was being treated for a kidney ailment.
A close relative, Sophia Chalenga confirmed the sad development adding Laiton passed on around 11 am.
“He was not well after being diagnosed with a kidney ailment and we took him to Harare Hospital where he was admitted and discharged last week. However, his health deteriorated again last Friday and he was admitted at Parirenyatwa Hospital and was placed in a Covid-19 isolation ward.
Laiton joined Alpha Media Holdings publishers of NewsDay, The Independent and The Standard in June 2010 as a reporter rising through the ranks to the position of senior court reporter.
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