NINETEEN people have been arrested facing a charge of occupying a gazetted land without lawful authority after they allegedly invaded Dandrennam Farm in Lions’ Den.
Chinhoyi magistrate Nyasha Marufu granted the group US$20 bail each on Friday and instructed them to stay at their given addresses.
The group’s lawyer Fortune Murisi argued that all the accused have fixed abode, never tried to interfere with State witnesses or fled from justice.
He said they would always be available when needed and could also deposit bail as surety.
Prosecutor Rutendo Ngambizi did not oppose bail.
The accused were arrested at Brink Bosman Dandrennam Farm on Wednesday last week, while erecting structures despite a government letter written by Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development ministry secretary Obert Jiri indicating that Bosman is the bona fide beneficiary of the farm.
The 19 will be back in court for trial on July 3 this year.
Zanu PF losing candidate for Chinhoyi constituency in the August 2023 elections Thomas Chidzomba invaded the farm in April this year with four other activists before they were chucked out by the courts.
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