Jaison Muvevi, the triple murder suspect appeared at the Harare Magistrates court today to face trial.
The alleged murderer complained to the magistrate that he has been denied sleep by the ZRP officers. He also requested a lawyer, reported ZimLive.
“They added extra handcuffs and hung me from a bar (with the handcuffs)”
Muvevi was arrested in Mozambique on Monday, 16 January after being on the run for 3 days. He is alleged to have murdered 3 people in Wedza on Friday 13 January 2023, one of them a ZRP Officer in Charge for Wedza, Inspector Maxwell Hove.
He shot Hove during a shootout with the police after the officers responded to a murder he was accused of. Muvevi is himself a former ZRP officer but was now a gold dealer.
Ill-treatment and torture of suspects are against the law in Zimbabwe.
Careful, this may be systematic bungling of the case! Don’t the trained officers who are handling him know the very basics of the law, and don’t they think it would be folly to infringe on the basic rights of a highly trained and seemingly astute former CID officer?
He is a very high risk character, they had to do that which is appropriate for the circumstances. He won’t use that as defence. What matters most is the evidence of the main offences.
Indeed a high risk character who has proven to be capable as soon as he is able to. Any chance of him getting an opportunity to escape and kill more people should be eliminated.
Humane treatment of suspects/prisoners is paramount and its guaranteed by Law so ZRP should respect that…