adminback at the High Court seeking freedom based on what they believe to be changed circumstances.
The eight lost their initial bail bid at the High Court for fear that they would abscond while 12 others were released.
Justice Tendai Uchena said the 12 were proper bail candidates while the eight, some of whom were arrested at city lodges, were remanded in custody.
A councillor Tungamirai Madzokere, Lazarus Maengahama, Stanford Maengahama, Stanford Mangwiro, Yvonne Musarurwa, Phineas Nhatarikwa, Rebecca Mafikeni and Cynthia Manjoro have filed a second bail application at the High Court.
Justice Samuel Kudya deferred the hearing to today to allow the State to file its response to the application.
The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights are representing the eight while law officer Mr Edmore Nyazamba is appearing for the State.
The eight argue that the passage of time from the date of their arrest coupled with the fact that the State had failed to strengthen its case constituted a change of circumstances warranting the granting of bail.
It is also their argument that there was no indication that investigations were complete considering that the record shows that police were supposed to finish investigating the case by June 30.
The granting of bail to four other suspects arrested after the eight had already been denied bail was another ground upon which the eight mounted the fresh application.
They argued that the circumstances of their arrest were the same and that there was no basis of keeping them in prison.
They also submitted in the application that the State’s case was weak, incoherent and insufficient, the comment they attributed to a High Court judge in the case of the four other suspects granted bail recently.
Mr Nyazamba is expected to file his response to the application before today’s hearing.
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