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'Thieving' cops denied bail
29 Jul 2014 at 05:54hrs | Views
TWO Gwanda police officers facing charges of stealing 10 head of cattle from Filabusi area were yesterday denied bail when they appeared before magistrate Nazombe.
The two, Brodrick Moyo, 27, and Pirate Mazarire, 30, applied for bail last week through their lawyer McAllister Ncube.
The state represented by Mncedisi Dube opposed bail arguing that if Moyo and Mazarire were granted bail they would interfere with state witnesses some of whom resided in the same area.
The state also said other two accused persons, Victor Mwene and Tichafa Shumba were still at large and police were yet to arrest them.
The court also heard that Moyo and Mazarire also wanted to bribe the investigating officer and the state has evidence of the cellphone messages to that effect.
In denying pair bail, Nazombe said Moyo and Mazarire had a case to answer considering the amount of evidence the state had against them.
The two were remanded in custody to August 13.
The two, Brodrick Moyo, 27, and Pirate Mazarire, 30, applied for bail last week through their lawyer McAllister Ncube.
The state represented by Mncedisi Dube opposed bail arguing that if Moyo and Mazarire were granted bail they would interfere with state witnesses some of whom resided in the same area.
The state also said other two accused persons, Victor Mwene and Tichafa Shumba were still at large and police were yet to arrest them.
The court also heard that Moyo and Mazarire also wanted to bribe the investigating officer and the state has evidence of the cellphone messages to that effect.
In denying pair bail, Nazombe said Moyo and Mazarire had a case to answer considering the amount of evidence the state had against them.
The two were remanded in custody to August 13.
Source - chronicle
