Zimbabwe: Another witness in Bennett trial exposes more inconsistencies
source: SW Radio Africa
By Violet Gonda
25 November 2009
The trial of Roy Bennett, the MDC senior official accused of trying to overthrow the Mugabe regime, continued on Wednesday with the cross examination of another state witness, Superintendent Arnold Zorodzai Dhliwayo. Journalists covering the terrorism case of the MDC’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture designate say the statements made by the state witnesses expose even more holes in this controversial trial.
Bennett is accused of conspiring with Peter Michael Hitschmann, a registered firearms dealer, to acquire weapons to ‘eliminate’ government officials.
SW Radio Africa correspondent Simon Muchemwa said that just like the first State witness, Dhliwayo’s testimony was full of inconsistencies and contradictions. The first State witness was lead police investigator Chief Superintendent James Makone, who told the court that Dhliwayo had recorded all the weapons found at [continue reading]

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