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New bail application for 29 MDC-T members
11 Sep 2012 at 14:14hrs | Views
A new bail application for the 29 MDC-T members who are in remand prison on charges of murdering a police officer in Glen View, Harare last year will be heard tomorrow Wednesday at the High Court.
On Monday, Justice Chinembiri Bhunu granted the defence lawyers request to make a fresh bail application based on changed circumstances. The bail application has been set down for 2:30PM before the trial judge.
The MDC-T members have another separate bail application pending at the Supreme Court.
The trial was supposed to resume on Monday but was postponed to 24 September after the State prosecutors said they were busy with other cases.
The accused have been in remand prison since their indictment for trial in March. Several attempts by their lawyers in the past to apply for bail at the High Court have failed after Justice Bhunu claimed there were no changed circumstances.
Some of the MDC-T members have been in remand prison for nearly 16 months. Among those in remand are; Solomon Madzore, the MDC-T National Youth Asembly chairperson and Last Maengahama, a National Executive member.
Meanwhile, one of the activists Nyamadzawo Gapara who was in the Intensive Care Unit at a private hospital has been discharged back to remand prison hospital. He managed to attend court on Monday.
On Monday, Justice Chinembiri Bhunu granted the defence lawyers request to make a fresh bail application based on changed circumstances. The bail application has been set down for 2:30PM before the trial judge.
The MDC-T members have another separate bail application pending at the Supreme Court.
The accused have been in remand prison since their indictment for trial in March. Several attempts by their lawyers in the past to apply for bail at the High Court have failed after Justice Bhunu claimed there were no changed circumstances.
Some of the MDC-T members have been in remand prison for nearly 16 months. Among those in remand are; Solomon Madzore, the MDC-T National Youth Asembly chairperson and Last Maengahama, a National Executive member.
Meanwhile, one of the activists Nyamadzawo Gapara who was in the Intensive Care Unit at a private hospital has been discharged back to remand prison hospital. He managed to attend court on Monday.
Source - Byo24News
