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Hopewell Chin’ono’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says police over-detained journalist beyond 48 hours allowed by law but falsified court documents to appear compliant. He was brought to court after hours, prompting a magistrate to rollover initial remand hearing to Friday

#BREAKING Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has arrived in court to face two charges of contempt of court and defeating the course of justice over two Twitter posts critical of Chief Justice Luke Malaba and the National Prosecuting Authority. He was arrested on Tuesday afternoon pic.twitter.com/Q3MKummYKy
— ZimLive (@zimlive) November 5, 2020

#UPDATE Hopewell Chin'ono's lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa says police overdetained journalist beyond 48 hours allowed by law but falsified court documents to appear compliant. He was brought to court after hours, prompting a magistrate to rollover initial remand hearing to Friday pic.twitter.com/fuEyMK92em
— ZimLive (@zimlive) November 5, 2020