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Mutedza's private parts were missing . . . family tells court
to release 29 MDC activists
Movement
for Democratic Change (MDC)
September
12, 2012
Tichaona Mutedza,
the young brother to slain police officer, Inspector Petros Mutedza
stunned the High Court today when he said he observed that his brother's
private parts were missing when he saw him at the mortuary.
Mutedza made
the shocking remarks during the fresh bail application of the 29
MDC members
who are being falsely accused of murdering the police officer
in May last year.
The matter is
being heard before Justice Chinembiri Bhunu. Some of the accused
have been in remand prison for 16 months.
In a heart wrenching
account, he said the injuries on his brother were inconsistent with
what senior police officials had said earlier. "I was told
by the police officers that my brother had been struck once on the
left side of the head," said Mutedza.
"However,
when I saw his body at the mortuary his chest had blood flowing
down to his private parts. I then examined his body and observed
that his private parts were missing while his police uniform was
torn with the buttons missing," said Mutedza.
He was accompanied
to court today by his elderly father, Solomon Mutedza.
"He also
had injuries on his head which included an opening on the forehead
covered with cotton wool and another opening on the right cheek
and I was shocked that this was caused by the object that had struck
my brother," said Mutedza.
After this observation,
he was not allowed to view the body any further. The family had
a private body viewing at their rural home in Mukumbura and again
it was confirmed that the private parts were missing. "We
could not make a formal report to the police about these inconsistencies
as there were a lot of senior police and army officials, Central
Intelligence Organisation officers and Zanu PF people.
"The burial
had been turned into a Zanu PF campaign and I decided to leave before
burial," an emotional Mutedza said.
Mutedza's
statement and the conflicting accounts from State witnesses, exonerate
the MDC activists.
The continued
incarceration of the 29 members is a clear indication of the selective
application of the law by the State and that this is purely a political
case.
Mutedza said
the police must investigate and arrest the real murderers of his
dear brother. Mutedza also told the court that before this tragic
death, he had been informed that his brother's life was in
danger and he strongly believes that there was a sinister ploy to
murder his brother.
Tichaona Mutedza
will continue to give evidence tomorrow.
Meanwhile, five
of the 29 MDC members in remand prison are failing to access medical
care at a private hospital as the prison officials say the inmates
must provide their own fuel.
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