Biti in failed bid to stop trial

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-president Tendai Biti’s bid to file another application for referral to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in the middle of his trial hit a snag last week.

Biti is accused of verbally assaulting businesswoman Tatiana Aleshina at the Harare Magistrates Court in November 2020.

The complainant Aleshina had already given her testimony last week when Biti’s lawyer gave notice to apply for referral to ConCourt saying the trial should be stopped to accommodate his application.

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