Washington Gezana lost his eye after he tried to restrain five junior police officers, who were allegedly beating his wife, Yvonne Magora for standing at the road intersection, where they were controlling traffic.
The officers; Livingston Zvimba, Tendai Musungambira, Sunday Nyaude, Khululekani Dale and Evans Mashonganyika appeared before magistrate Farai Gwitima and denied the assault charges stating that they could not be held accountable since the alleged incident occurred late at night. The trial was postponed to tomorrow.
The court heard that the officers assaulted Magora with open hands and batons before Gezana intervened to rescue her.They then turned on Gezana and assaulted him with batons, open hands and an unknown object, which injured his right eye.Upon realising that they had injured Gezana they jumped into their service vehicle and drove off. Gezana’s eye was subsequently removed, as it had been severely damaged.
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