Kereke's bail pending appeal postponed

Incarcerated former Bikita West MP, Munyaradzi Kereke's bail pending appeal application on changed circumstances, yesterday failed to take place at the High Court and the hearing was postponed to tomorrow after the victim's guardian requested time to go through Kereke's submissions.

The former legislator is serving a 10-year effective jail term for raping his relative's 12-year-old daughter at gunpoint at his residence sometime in 2010.

The complainant in the matter, Francis Maramwidze, through his private lawyers representing the State, told High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi that Kereke had served them with his application late last Friday and, as such, they had not had ample time to read and to file their response. The matter was eventually postponed by consent.