Hopewell forced to attend court: ZPCS
Incarcerated freelance journalist Hopewell Chin’ono fails to appear in court due to his health conditions as he exhibits symptoms his special physician suspects to be COVID-19.
By Abel Karowangoro
Advocate Nyamakura who is Chin’ono’s lawyer told the court that he is ill and showing symptoms of coronavirus.
He further alluded that his condition maybe exposing everyone else in the court room as the prisons authorities forced him to come to court.
“Chin’ono’s condition requires him not to be in contact with other people he is given the green to do so his physician,”Nyamakura said.
“ZPCS dragged Chin’ono out of his cell on the pretext that his physician wanted to see him only for him to realise that he was misled before they manhandled him into the van to court,” Nyamakura told the court.
Chin’ono is on medication and he cannot take it because he has been brought to court.
His physician was supposed to see him this morning for further tests but he is now at court.
State led by Tendai Shonhai tells the court that Chin’ono is not cooperating with prison doctors and he refused to see Dr Blessing Dhorobha today.
She furthers told the court that his private doctor tested Chin’ono for Covid-19 and they are waiting for the results.
Magistrate Ngoni Nduna asked to get full report from both private doctor and the prisions doctor.
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