Treason trial: Cop disowns warrant

A police detective who arrested Mthwakazi Liberation Front secretary-general Paul Siwela for alleged treason yesterday disowned the search warrant presented in court as the one he used to search the politician’s house.

Siwela is appearing alongside Charles Thomas and John Gazi in the ongoing treason trial before Bulawayo High Court Judge, Justice Nicholas Ndou, sitting with assessors Fanuel Damba and Elliot Nyoni.

Detective Sergeant George Ngwenya, who arrested Siwela on March 4 last year, told the court that after he heard Thomas had been arrested for distributing the allegedly subversive flyers, he asked for a search warrant.

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