Dabson Zhuwao a Zanu-PF activist who was arrested for allegedly committing a murder in 2001, has approached the courts seeking to have the charges dropped. Zhuwao has spent the last 17 years on remand together with Tapiwa Chimbandi after allegedly murdering a tractor driver during the land reform programme. In his court papers, Zhuwao says,
The matter in casu arose in June 2001. This was the year the accused (Zhuwao) was charged with culpable homicide together with another accused person. The accused has always been available and ready to do a trial and at one stage trial commenced.
Owing to some reasons not caused by the accused person, the trial could not be completed on account that, it was alleged that the magistrate who was handling the matter had relocated abroad. As a result, the accused was subsequently removed from remand but was summoned to court on a number of occasions.
The accused has undergone immense emotional stress as a result of this case. If the matter had been finalised a long time ago and assuming accused had been convicted then he could have finished serving his sentence.
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