Ex congressman appears in Zim court
By TMG Editor - 20 February 2014
Former US Republican Mel Reynolds had to be assisted as he alighted Thursday (20/02/2014) from a prison van after arriving at the Magistrate's Court in Zimbabwe for a second day on charges of possessing pornography and violating immigration laws.
Wearing baggy, worn-out khaki prison garb and slippers, he asked to be helped down the stairs to the holding cells at the court, but help was denied.
On Wednesday, the ex-politician, who lost his seat in Congress almost 20 years ago after being convicted of statutory rape, pleaded innocent to charges of possessing pornography.
He is appearing in court Thursday for a bail hearing and is also expected to enter a plea on separate charges of flouting Zimbabwe's tough immigration laws. - Sapa-AP
