In addition, the High Court postponed the trial indefinitely three weeks ago because one of the accused persons, Nyamadzawo Gapare, is critically ill and receiving treatment at a private hospital in Harare. The trial cannot be held unless all the accused are present.
A statement from the MDC-T Youth Assembly this week said: “According to the specialist surgeons attending to Gapare, the serious nature of his illness and the subsequent complications incurred while at Harare Central Remand Hospital make it difficult to determine when he will be fit to stand trial.”
The Supreme Court, which has agreed to proceed with a bail application by the defence lawyers, did not set a date for the hearing before going on recess.
Bail applications are considered urgent matters by the courts and are supposed to be given priority. But the courts appear to be prolonging the Glen View trial.
Police officer Petros Mutedza was killed by unknown revelers in a Glen View pub back in May last year. The police claim he was murdered by MDC-T members who held a meeting at the pub, but the MDC-T say there is evidence that many of the accused were nowhere near the location on the day Mutedza died.
Many of the jailed activists are high ranking MDC-T officials, including councillors, executive board members and the national youth chairman, Solomon Madzore, who has now been nicknamed “Mandela” by party members. – SW Radio Africa News
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