WE ARE NOT READY FOR TRIAL : CHIMOMBE LAWYERS newsdzeZimbabweNewsdzeZimbabwe

WE ARE NOT READY FOR TRIAL : CHIMOMBE LAWYERS newsdzeZimbabweNewsdzeZimbabwe

The trial of two Harare businessmen, Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe, failed to get started yesterday, with the defense team saying it was not ready.

According to the Herald, the defense team wanted the prosecution to provide it with more case documents to formulate its defences. Judge Bisirai Kwenda, sitting with two counsel, allowed the adjournment, but warned defense and prosecution lawyers not to come to court to prepare for the trial.

The state did not object to the postponement request. Lawyer Garikayi Sithole, instructed by Mr Tapson Dzvetero, is now representing Mpofu while Professor Lovemore Madhuku, instructed by Mr Ashley Mugiya, is now acting for Chimombe.

Both lawyers indicated that their clients would raise constitutional issues after pleading the charges against them. They seek to raise their constitutional issues by presenting evidence from some of the witnesses involved in the case, and they want assistance from the state to summon them to court to testify.

Chimombe and Mpofu were charged with corruption involving US$7.7 million allegedly smuggled from the Presidential Goat Grant Scheme. The trial is expected to begin today.




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