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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>By Mary Taruvinga<\/b> – HIGH Court judge Tawanda Chitapi Monday altered reporting conditions for freelance journalist Hopewell Chin\u2019ono who was however ordered to pay an additional $10 000 bail deposit.<\/p>\n

This followed his application requesting that all his reporting conditions be scrapped because he has shown no intentions to flee.<\/p>\n

Through his lawyers, Chin\u2019ono successfully argued he risked contracting Covid-19 by frequenting Highlands police station where he was reporting twice a week as part of his initial bail conditions.<\/p>\n

However, Chitapi ruled that it was not in the interest of justice to relax all his reporting conditions.<\/p>\n

Said Justice Chitapi in his Monday ruling, \u201cChin\u2019ono\u2019s main grounds for seeking the removal of reporting conditions is health based.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe submitted that he stood at risk of contracting Covid-19 virus and dying from it if the number of visits he has to make to Highlands Police Station to report as part of the bail condition is not removed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe complete removal of reporting conditions is not in the interest of justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is ordered that condition imposed in CRB 6801\/20 ref ACC 77\/20 granted on September 2, 2020 in case CRB 1359\/20 wherein Chin\u2019ono is required to report to Highlands Police Station every Mondays and Fridays between 6 am and 6 pm is altered to read that Chin\u2019ono shall report at Highlands Police Station once fortnightly on Fridays between 0600hrs and 1800hrs,\u201d ruled Chitapi.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe applicant shall make an additional deposit of $10 000 to the $10 000 ordered in case no. B1359\/20.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bail orders granted in case no. B1941\/20 reference ACC 235\/20 and B95\/21 reference ACC 353\/21 remain subject to the altered conditions aforesaid and no additional recognisances are required to be made in regard thereto,\u201d ruled Chitapi.<\/p>\n

Chin\u2019ono is facing three criminal charges.<\/p>\n

He is accused of inciting public violence, obstructing the course of justice and publishing falsehoods prejudicial to the State.<\/p>\n

Chin\u2019ono was initially arrested and granted bail last September where he was ordered to pay $20 000 for his release.<\/p>\n

He was again arrested on November 3 and January 10 with the same bail conditions of September 2 applied to the additional alleged offences.<\/p>\n

The journalist was represented by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, opposition leader Jacob Ngarivhume had his application for the release of his passport dismissed.<\/p>\n

However, his bail conditions have also been relaxed from initially reporting three times every Monday and Wednesday to once every week.<\/p>\n

Ngarivhume will now report every Friday between 6 am and 6 pm at Waterfalls Police Station until his matter is finalised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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