Details Emerge About How a Cop Used a Hoe Handle to Bash Suspect

DETAILS have emerged about how a police officer, stationed at ZRP Ruwa, allegedly used a hoe handle to assault a suspect who ended up dying at a clinic.

Prince Ndavambi, 39, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo yesterday.

The court heard that Ndavambi arrested the now deceased in connection with a case of assault and theft and took him to ZRP Ruwa.

While at the police station, Ndavambi assaulted the now deceased with a hoe handle all over the body.

He allegedly later detained him in the police cells.

In the evening that day, the suspect’s condition deteriorated and he was taken to Ruwa Rehabilitation Clinic where he died the following day.

Two post-mortem reports were conducted.

The State didn’t oppose bail on the basis that the cause of death is yet to be ascertained.

Ndavambi was released on US$300 bail. Herald