at court on the day1. However, the victim did not show up. He denied that Simbarashe and the victim ever visited the police station. 6.4 That Dhowa did not inform him, as the investigating officer, on the whereabouts of the victim when the victim was in Dhowa’s custody, including when the victim was detained at Captain Gono’s house. 6.5 That what Dhowa and Captain Gono did, by keeping the victim in their custody yet they knew he was a suspect in the arson case, was not standard procedure. 7. Captain Edmore Gono testified that he is a serving member of the Zimbabwe National Army who has since applied for retirement. His testimony is as follows: 7.1 That the victim phoned him from South Africa asking him to assist him because his brother (i.e. Simbarashe – the first complainant) and allies wanted to kill him for the sole reason that he knew that they had been involved in the arson attack on the ZISMWU offices. Captain Gono also said that the victim indicated that he sought help from him because he knew that Captain Gono was not corrupt compared to all the police officers in Chiredzi. 7.2 Captain Gono stated that he and Dhowa took the victim to the State House upon his request as he wanted to deliver a message to the President on the alleged planned assassination and succession plotting. Captain Gono however, alleges that his role in this issue was solely to provide logistical and financial support and Dhowa was the chief investigating officer responsible for investigating and recording statements from the victim. 1 The victim alleges that he had been attacked by a certain man during the night of the arson. The case had been brought to the local magistrate court. 9|Page