Tomana trial deferred

THE trial of Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana on charges of criminal abuse of public office is now set to commence on June 1, after his lawyers were served with the relevant court papers yesterday.

Tomana was arrested in January this year on allegations of having illegally withdrawn sabotage charges levelled against two military intelligence officers, Silas Pfukwa and Solomon Makumbe, both linked to an attempted plot to bomb Alpha and Omega Dairy plant in Mazowe plant.

The State alleges Tomana had been externally influenced to drop the charges against the two.

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