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More conflicting statements emerge in Glen View murder trial
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
June
08, 2012
The High Court trial in which 29 MDC members are facing
false charges of murdering a police officer and public violence
in Glen View, Harare in May last year entered its fourth day on
Thursday with the State's fourth witness giving more conflicting
evidence.
The trial kicked off
on Monday and all the four State witnesses have been giving conflicting
evidence on what led to the death of the police officer, Petros
Mutedza at Glen View 3 shopping centre.
The State is expected
to call in 20 witnesses.
The matter is being held
before Justice Chinembiri Bhunu.
Yesterday's witness
Solomon Mushaninga, a police officer based at Mabvuku Police Station
said Mutedza was the first person to come out of Munyararari Night
Club running.
However, this version
is contrary to that of Joshua Daka another police officer who claimed
yesterday that before Mutedza came out of the bar, 10 people were
in front of him also running.
The trial was briefly
adjourned this morning after the defence lawyers objected to the
dock identification that the State prosecutor was requesting Mushaninga
to carry out.
Before the adjournment
in the morning, Mushaninga had pointed to Last Maengahama, the MDC
National Executive member as being part of the group that was responsible
for the murder of Mutedza. Mushaninga had claimed that he had managed
to identify Maengahama as being one of the MDC youths who were inside
the bar when they were attacked.
However, Justice Bhunu
dismissed the defence's objections.
The trial continued with
the State prosecutor putting it across to Mushaninga that his dock
identification was opposite to the defence outline of Maengahama
which says that when the Glen View incident took place, he was at
Pastor Makandiwa's church at Glamis Stadium.
The trial was
adjourned to next Monday at 10am.
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