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Baba Jukwa-hunting cops return from America
08 Oct 2014 at 05:23hrs | Views
COPS that were reportedly deployed by the State to solicit for evidence that can implicate the Sunday Mail Editor Edmund Kudzayi and his brother Philip on the alleged terrorism case from Google and Facebook in the United States of America have returned, according to a report by the Herald today.
The cops, Assistant Commissioner Crispen Makedenge and two of his colleagues returned on Sunday around 9:30pm, according to a report by the same publication.
Reports say the officers met Facebook and Google officials to aid the State case although details of the meeting could not be established by late yesterday.
The officers left the country on September 20 for the US to carry out further investigations on the terrorism case.
According to the sources, Asst Comm Makedenge and one of the senior officers left the country aboard a South African Airways jet to OR Tambo International Airport before connecting to Dakar in Senegal en route to the United States.
The other officer left the country in an Emirates Airline for the US via Dubai.
On Monday, a second bid for freedom by Edmund and Phillip, hit snag after a Harare magistrate ruled that they should remain on remand pending trial
Magistrate Milton Serima dismissed the pair's application for refusal of further remand and remanded them to November 14 this year.
Through their lawyer Admire Rubaya of Rubaya Chatambudza Legal Practitioners, Edmund and Phillip made an application for refusal of further remand arguing they had been on remand for a long time without standing trial.
In their application, Edmund and Phillip, who are facing charges of subversion and undermining the authority of the President through the Baba Jukwa Facebook account, accused the State of taking them for a ride.
They challenged the State to produce proof showing that indeed Assistant Comm Makedenge left the country for the United States but the court argued that the pair's application was misplaced.
The cops, Assistant Commissioner Crispen Makedenge and two of his colleagues returned on Sunday around 9:30pm, according to a report by the same publication.
Reports say the officers met Facebook and Google officials to aid the State case although details of the meeting could not be established by late yesterday.
The officers left the country on September 20 for the US to carry out further investigations on the terrorism case.
According to the sources, Asst Comm Makedenge and one of the senior officers left the country aboard a South African Airways jet to OR Tambo International Airport before connecting to Dakar in Senegal en route to the United States.
On Monday, a second bid for freedom by Edmund and Phillip, hit snag after a Harare magistrate ruled that they should remain on remand pending trial
Magistrate Milton Serima dismissed the pair's application for refusal of further remand and remanded them to November 14 this year.
Through their lawyer Admire Rubaya of Rubaya Chatambudza Legal Practitioners, Edmund and Phillip made an application for refusal of further remand arguing they had been on remand for a long time without standing trial.
In their application, Edmund and Phillip, who are facing charges of subversion and undermining the authority of the President through the Baba Jukwa Facebook account, accused the State of taking them for a ride.
They challenged the State to produce proof showing that indeed Assistant Comm Makedenge left the country for the United States but the court argued that the pair's application was misplaced.
Source - Herald
