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ZimOnline reports that ZC have been pressuring the Attorney General's office to have Mark Vermeulen's mental state re-examined - previous examinations have declared him to be "mentally unstable":

Sources at the Attorney General’s office told ZimOnline that senior Zimbabwe Cricket officials were putting pressure on the AG’s office to have Vermeulen re-examined after an earlier report this year said he was "mentally unstable".

“He is now being re-examined and by the end of November we should be having new tests results. We do not know what has changed from the previous results which found him to be unstable," said an official from the AG's office who refused to be named. “It was just a directive from above that he be re-examined although doctors from the United Kingdom, Australia and our local doctors had said he was mentally unstable."

Vermeulen has admitted the attacks on Harare Sports Club and Zimbabwe Cricket Academy, but has pleaded not guilty on grounds of diminished responsiblity. Any reversal of the previous determinations of his mental state would no doubt undermine that defence.
ZimOnline - Former cricket ace to be re-examined to assess sanity