Bennett Case Prosecution Faces a Major Blow

Harare - In a major blow to the prosecution’s case against Roy Bennett, a senator and treasurer of the Movement for Democratic Change who is an adversary of President Robert Mugabe, a judge ruled Monday that a confession from the main witness against him, Peter Michael Hitschmann, could not be used as it was obtained under pressure.

Mr. Hitschmann said state agents burned his buttocks with cigarettes to force him to implicate Mr. Bennett, now facing terrorism charges.


* New York Times