In denying the bail, Bhunu cited overwhelming evidence against the activists claiming they were a flight risk.
The five activists are Last Maengahama, who is a member of the party’s National Executive, Glen View Councillor, Tungamirai Madzokere, Simon Mapanzure, Yvonne Musarurwa and Rebecca Mafukeni.
They are part of the 29 MDC-T members who are facing charges of murdering a police officer, Petros Mutekedza in Glen View in May 2011.The MDC-T has since dismissed the charges as ‘trumped up’.
The other activists, including the party’s Youth Assembly President, Solomon Madzore were granted bail by the High Court last year.
This month, the MDC-T issued a statement claiming that the jailed activists were living in filthy conditions.
The party claimed that Maengahama, Mapanzure, Musarurwa and Mafukeni “are incarcerated in solitary confinement at the Chikurubi Maximum Security under appalling conditions.”
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