Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Edwin Mee anoramba nhevedzano yemhosva dzepabonde idzo vanonyunyuta vanoti dzakaitika apo aishanda somushandi weuto weuto muCroydon. Mumwe musoja wechiuto aishandira mauto anokosha muIraq akaramba kuti akabata vasikana 11 chibharo - achiti 'hazvina kumboitika.' Edwin Mee, ane makore 46, anonzi akashandisa zvisina kufanira nzvimbo yake yesimba kuti ashungurudze kana kuti kubata chibharo vanhu 11 vanonzi vakabatwa chibharo paakanga achishanda pane imwe nzvimbo yebasa reuto muCroydon, kumaodzanyemba kweLondon. Mupurisa weScotland - anozivikanwa sa'Jock' - anonzi akaita kurwiswa kwevakadzi vane makore kubva pa15 kusvika kuma20 pakati paGumiguru 2010 naGunyana 2011. Achipinda mubhokisi rechapupu kuti ape uchapupu paLondon's Southwark Crown Court nhasi, Mee akaudza vatongi nezvebasa rake rechiuto, uye akaramba zvakasimba kupomerwa kwacho. Iye akaratidzira mumwe akabatwa chibharo - uyo anotaura kuti akava napamuviri pashure pokunge amubata chibharo - sa'munotambisa nguva' uye murevi wenhema. Lisa Wilding QC, achidzivirira, akabvunza mutengi wake kuti: 'Zvinopomerwa iwe ndezvokuti pamusoro pevakwikwidzi vaviri, kuti wakavarova, uye pamusoro pevamwe kuti wakavabata pabonde, unoti chii kazhinji pamusoro pezvinopomerwa izvozvo?' Mee akapindura kuti: 'Hazvina kumboitika, madam.' Mee akapinda muchiuto aine makore 24, uye akapfuurira kunoshanda muIraq - kwaakanga akabatanidzwa neSpecial Forces, uye Afghanistan - kwaakanga akabatanidzwa neparashute regiment - neBosnia, vatongi vakanzwa. Panguva iyo kupomerwa kwaakaitwa kwakabuda pachena akanga awana chinzvimbo chechisoja, uye akanga amiswa basa muna 2011. Dare rakaudzwa kuti Mee akanga abviswa muchiuto nokuda kwezvikonzero zvoutano muna April 2014. Akatsanangura kuti baba vake vakanga vave injiniya muRoyal Navy, amai vake mukoti wechiuto, uye kuti vakoma vake vokurera vakanga vave variwo muchiuto. Lisa Wilding QC, achidzivirira Mee, akamubvunza kuti ainzwa sei nezvenguva yake muuto. Iye akapindura, kuti: 'Munhu ari wose anoziva manzwire andinoita pamusoro peHondo. Mhuri yangu yakashanda mairi - Hondo yakanga iri upenyu hwangu, uye kudai kwakanga kusiri nokuda kweiyi nyonganiso yose, ndingadai ndichiri ikoko.' Paakasungwa, Mee akapa chirevo chakagadzirirwa kumapurisa...
Mushandi wechikoro anopomerwa mhosva yokurwiswa zvepabonde muna 2010 na2011. Mumwe akabatwa chibharo anoti akava napamuviri pashure pokubatwa chibharo naye. Anoramba pomero dzose ndokuudza dare kuti mhaka dzacho 'hadzina kuitika' Mukubvunzurudzwa, anoudza jeri kuti Hondo yakanga iri 'upenyu hwake'