The Chitungwiza man who allegedly killed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Moreblessing Ali, says police threatened to kill him if he did not admit to the crime Pius Mukandi alias Jamba on Friday told the High Court while testifying in his defence that the police, who were handling his case also assaulted him Mukandi is accused of killing Ali in cold blood last year, and chopping her body into pieces before dumping the remains in a well The suspected murderer was tracked down to Hurungwe where he was arrested while allegedly selling his grinding mill to get money to flee the offence He told High Court Judge Justice Esther Muremba that he was not in hiding, but had visited his relatives in Hurungwe Mukandi also said he handed himself to police after he gathered that they were looking for him He made the claims in his defence after he was asked by his lawyer Garikayi Mhishi if he was admitting to the murder charges “After staying for two weeks in my rural area, l visited my sister and she told me that there were police officers who had visited looking for me,” Mukandi said “She told me that they had visited my homestead but did not find me “After she told me l then decided to go to the police to enquire why they were looking for me “When l arrived at the police base they asked me how they could help and l identified myself and told them that l heard that they were looking for me and they said, ‘Harare police is looking for you’ “l was handcuffed and they took me to a room where l was detained “After a while they took me out of the room and told me that Harare police officers were coming to take me “When the police officers arrived they disembarked from their vehicle and l was then surprised when the officers said, ‘You got us this murderer’.” Mukandi then broke into tears saying this marked the start of his troubles Source: The Standard Zimbabwe All Zim News is a central hub for all things Zimbabwean, curating news from across the country so no story is missed Alongside aggregation, our team of nationwide reporters provides real-time, on-the-ground coverage Stay informed and connected — reach us at admin@allzimnews.com. Source: Thestandard
