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criminal use and breaching the Official Secrets Act.
The quartet yesterday appeared before Mr Donald Ndirowei who deferred the matter to today to allow the State to go through the docket. Prosecutor Mr Tungamirai Chakurira had indicated to the court that the State was considering giving the four a trial date.
Mr Ndirowei said: “It seems the State needs ample time to go through the docket. The only logical thing is to roll over the matter to tomorrow (today).”
Harare lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa who was arrested together with the four, and is facing charges of obstructing the course of justice by trying to stop the arrests, also appeared before the same magistrate yesterday.
Mtetwa was remanded to April 8 and the State is also expected to give her a trial date on that day. Allegations against the four arose on March 17 when detectives received information that they were in possession of dockets they were privately compiling to discredit the judicial system.
It is alleged in the dockets they claimed that the police and the AG had failed or refused to investigate cases of corruption involving prominent people in Government.
It is alleged the four had documents of police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri’s background and another titled “Case for a full investigation into the Ministry of Lands-System of issuing offer letters 1 September 2009.”
A team of detectives went to Mpofu’s residence and found some of the documents, including a laptop and a pistol.
The State alleges that the suspects indicated that they were legal advisors to the Prime Minister and researching on alleged corruption and criminal abuse of office and the appointment of Comm-Gen Chihuri.
Investigations also revealed that the accused were being bankrolled by Institute for a Democratic Alliance for Zimbabwe, the court heard.
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