Magistrate throws out Sikhala’s application

BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE
A HARARE magistrate yesterday dismissed opposition leader Job Sikhala’s application challenging the use of a flash disk as evidence in a case he is facing a charge of inciting public violence.

Sikhala, through his lawyers Jeremiah Bhamu and Harrison Nkomo challenged the submission of the flash disk, arguing that it may have been tampered with to incriminate him. But the State argued that the material contained vital evidence showing him committing the crime.

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