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A Riverside man charged with last year's execution-style shooting of an aspiring rapper is set for a second preliminary hearing Thursday in Barstow.

Dudzai "Prosper" Pswatai is receiving the second preliminary hearing because prosecutors dismissed and then quickly refiled charges against him Nov. 25 in the death of 24-year-old Robert Raymond Mastrangelo, of San Bernardino.

The refile caused the case to start over. At the time, prosecutors said they needed more time for the investigation and were awaiting DNA test results.

A criminal trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a Riverside man charged with the execution-style shooting death of an aspiring rapper in June 2008, prosecutors confirmed.

Dudzai Pswatai has been charged with murder, robbery, kidnapping and torture in the death of Robert Raymond Mastrangelo, whose body was found in a drainage ditch along the 15 Freeway.

Pswatai, 20, of Riverside, is scheduled for trial in Barstow Superior Court.

Pswatai also faces a charge that the act was to promote of a street gang.

mike.cruz@inlandnewspapers.com