Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday ordered that former Criminal Investigations Department officer, Jaison Muvevi, be taken to a psychiatrist for a mental examination.
Muvevi, who faces four counts of murder and two attempted murder charges, had through his lawyer Blessed Matandira claimed that he was mentally unfit, and wanted to be medically examined.
Magistrate Dennis Mangosi did not oppose his application and remanded the matter to May 24.
Matandira said the indiscriminate shooting of people showed that Muvevi was mentally unstable.
The lawyer also claimed that Muvevi was incoherent and exhibited some mental problems during their engagements.
In the first charge, it is alleged Muvevi shot an unnamed man in his head “for no apparent reason” in Harare’s Eastlea suburb on November 19, 2021.
The court heard the deceased was in the company of one Nyasha Eusen, while Muvevi was in the company of two unidentified men.
It is alleged that after killing the man, Muvevi and company forced Eusen into their vehicle and drove to Huruyadzo Shopping Centre in Chitungwiza where they dumped him.
Muvevi is also alleged to have shot and killed a senior police office, the former member in charge of Wedza Police Station. He is also accused of having shot and killed a clergyman at his church shrine in Wedza before fleeing to Mozambique where he was eventually caught and extradited back to Zimbabwe.
