Zimbabwe man jailed with intestines hanging out

Harare, 24 Nov-(ANA)-A Zimbabwean man awaiting trial for stealing motor cycles has been locked up in remand prison for months with his intestines hanging out after being shot in a police raid.

The accused appeared in court for a bail application this week, hobbling in pain and holding his protruding intestines in a plastic bag, Reuters news agency reports quoting local media.

A shocked judge ordered prison authorities to immediately take the man to hospital. The man told the court he had failed to get medical help since his arrest in September.

A prison spokesman said the man had been taken back to hospital at least twice but there was no doctor on those occasions, and he was receiving painkillers. (ANA)

FA/ANA/24 November 2010----------