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MDC members' appeal reserved indefinitely at the High Court
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
April
11, 2012
High Court judge,
Justice Chinembiri Bhunu has reserved his judgment indefinitely
on the application by the 29 MDC members who are seeking the right
to appeal for bail at the Supreme Court.
The 29 members
who are facing false charges
of murdering a police officer in Glen View, Harare and public
violence in May 2011 were last month denied bail by Justice Bhunu
after they were indicted for trial.
However, the
trial has failed to kick off as the accused are still to file defence
outline papers.
In his submissions
today, defence lawyer, Charles Kwaramba said the ruling made last
week that the accused should first make pleas and file defence outline
papers before their application for bail could be made, was out
of order as the court was following an extraneous and irrelevant
matter to guide it in denying the accused bail.
Some of the
accused have been in remand prison for close to a year now.
Those accused
for the false murder and public violence charges are; Solomon Madzore,
the MDC Youth Assembly chairperson, Last Maengahama, a National
Executive Committee member, Councillor Oddrey Sydney Chirombe of
Ward 33, Budiriro, Councillor, Tungamirai Madzokere of Ward 32,
Glen View, Cynthia Manjoro, Lloyd Chitanda, Stanford Mangwiro and
Tendai Chinyama.
The others are;
Jefias Moyo, Abina Rutsito, Gabriel Shumba, Stephen Takaedzwa, Linda
Madyamhanje, Tafadzwa Billiard, Simon Mudimu, Dube Zwelibanzi, Simon
Mapanzure, Augustine Tengenyika and Gapara Nyamadzawo, Paul Rukanda,
Lazarus and Stanford Maengahama, Kerina Dewa and Memory Ncube, Rebecca
Mafukeni, Yvonne Musarurwa, Phineas Nhatarikwa and Stanford Mangwiro.
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