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MDC-T MP Douglas Mwonzora to remain in remand until Friday
28 Feb 2011 at 14:34hrs | Views
Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) joint chairperson and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) Douglas Mwonzora and 23 villagers will remain in Mutare Remand Prison until Friday when the High Court passes a determination on an appeal against their bail order which was filed by the Attorney General's Office.
Mwonzora, the legislator for Nyanga North constituency and the 23 villagers who were arrested two weeks ago and charged with violating section 36(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act for public violence were granted bail by Nyanga Magistrate Ignatio Mhene last Monday. Mhene had granted a US$ 50 bail each for Mwonzora and the villagers after ruling that the State had failed to overpower the assurances given by the applicants in their application for bail.
But their bail order was suspended after State prosecutor, Tirivanhu Mutyasiri invoked the notorious Section 121 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (CPEA) to put aside the bail order.
Mwonzora, the legislator for Nyanga North constituency and the 23 villagers who were arrested two weeks ago and charged with violating section 36(1)(a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act for public violence were granted bail by Nyanga Magistrate Ignatio Mhene last Monday. Mhene had granted a US$ 50 bail each for Mwonzora and the villagers after ruling that the State had failed to overpower the assurances given by the applicants in their application for bail.
But their bail order was suspended after State prosecutor, Tirivanhu Mutyasiri invoked the notorious Section 121 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (CPEA) to put aside the bail order.
Source - Byo24News