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Hungwe to preside over Bennett's bail application
Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR)
October 15, 2009
High Court Judge, Justice
Charles Hungwe, will on Friday 16 October 2009 preside over a fresh
application seeking the release of incarcerated Deputy Agriculture
Minister-Designate Roy Bennett on bail.
Bennett's lawyers,
who on Thursday 15 October 2009 filed the application, contend that
the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Treasurer-General is a
suitable candidate for bail.
The lawyers state that
the former Chimanimani legislator, whose bail was revoked on Wednesday
14 October 2009 and who was subsequently committed to Mutare Remand
Prison after being indicted for trial in the High Court by Mutare
Provincial Magistrate Lucy Mungwari, is not a flight risk as he
has been on bail up to 15 October 2009 and never at any point violated
his bail conditions.
The lawyers argue that
Bennett's social, economic and political life is rooted in
Zimbabwe to the extent that the possibility of him skipping bail
is close to zero. They also state that Bennett is anxious to clear
his name, will relish his day in court and therefore will do everything
in his power to stand trial.
The lawyers want Bennett
to be admitted to bail on the same terms and conditions as imposed
by the Supreme Court when it granted him bail in March.
The conditions are such
that he deposits the sum of US$5 000 with the Clerk of the Mutare
Magistrates' Court, continue residing at his Harare residence
and surrender the title deeds of his Stand No. 901 Umtali Township
property to the Clerk.
Bennett will also be
willing to report at the Harare Central Police Station's Law
and Order Section three times a week, namely Monday, Wednesday and
Friday between the hours of 0600 and 1800 hours (as he has been
doing) and will not interfere with State witnesses.
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