In his ruling, Mambanje said police investigations were now
complete, and therefore there was no reason to remove the accused person on
remand.
He further indicated that the accused was already out of
custody.
The matter has been remanded to October 24 for trial
continuation.
Mubaiwa’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa had previously filed an
application before the courts, indicating that her client has been on remand
for too long while investigations on her case were incomplete.
Mtetwa also noted that the investigating officer had said
the State will not suffer any prejudice if Mubaiwa was removed from
remand. She said continuously keeping
her on remand would be vengeance.
The investigating officer in this matter is Victor
Masimba. He had told the court that the
State will not suffer any prejudice if Mubaiwa is removed from remand.
He suggested that her bail conditions must be relaxed.
Masimba also told the court that what was left pertaining
to the investigations required a period of two weeks.
He had also told the court that they were also still
waiting for a password of the documents that came from South Africa in order to
conclude the investigations. Newsday
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