Court throws out PM staffer application

THE TRIAL of the research director in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s office Thabani Mpofu, who is accused of failing to safely secure an unregistered firearm, opened yesterday at the Harare Magistrates Court.

Report by Charles Laiton

Mpofu had requested, through a court application, to have area public prosecutor Jonathan Murombedzi recuse himself from the case arguing he would not receive a fair trial if Murombedzi prosecuted.

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