A Harare Magistrate Elijah Makomo on Wednesday freed an official from the Kuwait Embassy, Brenda Avry May, who was arrested on allegations of human trafficking.
Makomo granted Avry May US$500 bail after advising the both the prosecution and the police that there was no reasonable basis to deny the accused bail.
Mr Makomo reminded the prosecution that seriousness of an offence is not the ground to deny an accused bail, adding that even suspected murderers can be admitted to bail.
He said there is no evidence placed before the court that suggests Avry May can abscond.
Mr Makomo noted that Avry May was released by the police as they wanted to proceed by way of summons and she availed herself after the police requested her, meaning she is a proper candidate for bail.
The accused together with the former Kuwait Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ahmed Al Jeeran are suspected to be the key people behind the trafficking of Zimbabweans to Kuwait.
They allegedly recruited desperate Zimbabwean job seekers purportedly to go and work in Kuwait as waitresses and nurse aids but forced them to become sex slaves.