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High Court to hand down ruling on Glenview residents accused of murdering police officer

by Stephen Jakes
31 Aug 2016 at 08:43hrs | Views
THE High Court will today hand down the ruling for seven out of 29 Glenview residents, who were arrested in 2011 and charged with contravening section 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23 following the death of Zimbabwe Republic Police Inspector Petros Mutedzi on 29 May 2011.

Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said Tungamirai Madzokere and six others who are being represented by ZLHR board chairperson Beatrice Mtetwa are also being charged with committing public violence in contravention of section 36 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:3.

The State claims that on the 29th of May 2011, the activists chanted MDC-T party slogans denouncing police officers while throwing stones and empty beer bottles at them and that their actions resulted in thedeath of inspector Mutedza.

During the last hearing in 2014, defence lawyers led by Mtetwa presented the court with video evidence  which showed that one of the accused persons Last Maengahama was among congregants at Untied Family International Church on the day the crime was committed but the State insisted that he was present at the scene of the crime.

The other 22 were acquitted at the close of the State case in 2013, while one of the MDC-T activist Rebecca Mafikeni died after she fell ill while detained in prison.

Source - Byo24News