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MURDERING Mugabe henchman Phillip Machemedze celebrates being allowed to stay in Britain with a glass of champagne. Machemedze, who killed and tortured opponents of Zimbabwe tyrant Robert Mugabe, was on the lash with pals at an African Night in his "home" city Bristol. The HIV-positive brute, 46, was at the Hush Hush club with a girl named Patience and snatched kisses with her.His wife Febbie was nowhere to be seen. Flash Machemedze, wearing an orange cap, suede waistcoat and bling watch, slung an arm around other guests as he sipped fine Veuve Clicquot bubbly. But few realised they were in the clutches of a thug who once smashed a man's jaw with pliers and wrenched out his teeth. The Sun told yesterday how Machemedze has been granted leave to stay here on human rights grounds. A judge ruled he could face execution if he returned to Zimbabwe after he claimed to have switched sides to support Mugabe's fierce rivals, the MDC party. Home Secretary Theresa May - shocked by our report - last night launched a bid to boot him out. She will seek to overturn the judge's ruling. Another Zimbabwean who did not want to be named dismissed Machemedze's claims of being in danger as "bulls***". The fellow national said: "The judge who allowed him to stay has fallen for a ridiculous sob story. He came here for economic reasons."