Katsimberis bid for Greek interpreter dismissed

A SECOND bid by property developer George Katsimberis to be granted the services of a Greek interpreter hit a brickwall yesterday after magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro dismissed the application saying the court could not hear the same matter twice.

Katsimberis, who faces a fraud charge arising from a collapsed US$1 million joint venture housing project with Pokugara Properties, had his first application for a Greek interpreter dismissed in March last year with the court ruling that he had previously testified in English, hence the need for a translator was obviated.

“This court has become functus officio therefore the application is hereby dismissed,” she said.

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