Army captain seeks court protection

CAPTAIN Alfred Mugadza yesterday took his employer, the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), and its top officials to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking protection from being prosecuted by a military court martial over a nine-year-old matter.

In his application, Mugadza, through his lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu, argued that the move by the military to try him over offences allegedly committed in 2005 was in violation of his constitutional rights to a fair trial within a reasonable time.

However, the defendants, who included the Defence minister, Commander of the ZNA, president of the Court Martial and Director of Military Prosecution, who were all represented by the Attorney-General’s Office Civil Division, argued that Mugadza could not be located, hence the delay in prosecuting his trial.

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