Paul Nyathi|The State yesterday shocked the world when through its lawyer, Nathaniel Chigoro filed an application at the High Court seeking to legalise the illegal hostage of the acting president of Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, Peter Magombeyi at the Avenues Clinic.

The state argues in its application that the Court ought to consider that there were reports suggesting that Magombeyi was abducted. Therefore, the state would like to ensure that the doctor, like any Zimbabwean citizen, was safe and that could be done when he is within Zimbabwe.

Full script of the state outline below: