News Source: Daily Nation
| 15 days ago
The trial of a senior aide of Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai opened with the defence calling for an inquiry into the conduct of the Attorney General Johannes Tomana who is prosecuting the case. Mr Roy Bennet who was arrested before he...
News Source: Al Jazeera
| 16 days ago
After initial arguments on Monday morning, the trial was adjourned to allow time to consider applications made by the state and Bennett's lawyers. Judge Muchineripi Bhunu Bhunu, a high court judge, said: "The matter is provisionally postponed to...
News Source: Macleans
| 16 days ago
The judge should not allow a top Zimbabwean prime minister's aide to argue that evidence against him in his weapons case was obtained through torture, prosecutors said at the start of the trial Monday. Roy Bennett's trial, which has strained Zimbabwe'...
News Source: CNN
| 16 days ago
The trial of key Zimbabwe opposition figure Roy Bennett was adjourned in the Harare High Court Monday so the judge can deliberate the admissibility of evidence allegedly gathered through torture. The state's star witness Mike Hitschmann, who was...
News Source: News 24
| 16 days ago
Zimbabwe's high court on Monday adjourned the terrorism trial of Roy Bennett, a top aide to Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai , in a case that has rocked Harare's fragile unity government. "The matter is provisionally postponed to Wednesday,...
News Source: Seattle Times
| 16 days ago
Zimbabwe — Prosecutors want to prevent a top aide to Zimbabwe's prime minister from arguing that evidence against him in a weapons trial was obtained through torture. Roy Bennett's trial, which has strained Zimbabwe's coalition government, opened...