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Wema Sepetu would have been in remand now but Tanzanian judge set her free, at least for the for next 19 days.<\/p>\n

Wema Sepetu was arrested and charged for being possession of banned substance – marijuana sometimes in early February 2017.<\/p>\n

Her case has been dragging in Tanzanian court ever since; on Wednesday the judge blocked prosecutor’s bid to have police arrest Wema Sepetu.<\/p>\n

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Wema Sepetu leaves Kisitu Resident Magistrate court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wema’s lawyer Peter Kibatala objected the prosecutor’s request on grounds that the prosecution’s application had not followed proper procedure.<\/p>\n

The lawyer argued that a piece of evidence issued against Wema Sepetu by the inspector Willy from the prosecution deparment in Dar es Salaam lacked sufficient reason to warrant Wema Sepetu’s arrest.<\/p>\n

The judge, Thomas Simba, declined to order police to arrest Wema and instead set October 4th as the date for the ruling.<\/p>\n

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