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New bail application for 29 MDC members
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
September
11, 2012
A new bail application
for the 29 MDC members who are in remand prison on false
charges of murdering a police officer in Glen View, Harare last
year will be heard tomorrow Wednesday at the High Court.
On Monday, Justice
Chinembiri Bhunu granted the defence lawyers request to make a fresh
bail application based on changed circumstances. The bail application
has been set down for 2:30PM before the trial judge.
The MDC members
have another separate bail application pending at the Supreme Court.
The trial was
supposed to resume on Monday but was postponed to 24 September after
the State prosecutors said they were busy with other cases.
The accused
have been in remand prison since their indictment for trial in March.
Several attempts by their lawyers in the past to apply for bail
at the High Court have failed after Justice Bhunu claimed there
were no changed circumstances.
Some of the
MDC members have been in remand prison for nearly 16 months. Among
those in remand are; Solomon Madzore, the MDC National Youth Asembly
chairperson and Last Maengahama, a National Executive member.
Meanwhile, one
of the activists Nyamadzawo Gapara who was in the Intensive Care
Unit at a private hospital has been discharged back to remand prison
hospital. He managed to attend court on Monday.
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