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Machisa granted bail
Zimbabwe
Human Rights Association (ZimRights)
Janaury 29, 2013
Okay Machisa
was this morning granted bail subject to depositing security in
the form of immovable property worth anything above $50 000. The
immovable property clause came as an additional condition on those
that the defense counsel had offered in its application which among
them include paying $500 United States dollars, reporting to the
police once and staying at his present home till the matter is put
to finality.
The judge accepted
that the magistrate misdirected himself in not dealing with whether
Okay Machisa was flight risk or not, whether Okay was properly brought
before the court (Okay is not ZimRights), and whether he would interfere
with investigations. The matter is stood down until Mrs Mtetwa furnishes
the court with the relevant additional security.
The judge accepted
that Machisa is not a flight risk, he had the opportunity and ability
to abscond since his accomplices were arrested on the 13th of December
- he handed himself to police. He had not interfered with
investigations for the duration of the month and is unlikely to
do so now - in fact ZimRights had cooperated with investigators
when required. The state had neither furnished both the lower and
upper court with any evidence that Machisa had personally committed
any conduct that is criminal nor provide basis for the assumption
that as Director he is liable for all the activities of all members.
As at 0950hrs,
a relative of the Machisa family had rushed home to collect relevant
papers for his own property to secure his release.
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