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Justice Sandura dies
11 Mar 2015 at 18:30hrs | Views
Retired judge and former judge President, Justice Wilson Sandura has died.
He was 74.
Justice Sandura died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare where he was receiving treatment after being involved in an accident on the 27th of February this year.
A legal practitioner, Tendai Ammon Toto described the retired judge as a professional who left a legacy in the law profession and the country at large.
Toto said the law profession has learnt the death of Justice Sandura with shock, saying here is no doubt he contributed immensely in post independence Zimbabwe's law development.
Justice Sandura retired from the bench on the 29th of July 2011 at the age of 70.
In 1989, he became prominent when he presided over a commission to investigate the abuse of office by government officials in acquiring motor vehicles through Willowvale motors.
The high profile case became known as the Willowgate scandal.
He was 74.
Justice Sandura died at the Avenues Clinic in Harare where he was receiving treatment after being involved in an accident on the 27th of February this year.
A legal practitioner, Tendai Ammon Toto described the retired judge as a professional who left a legacy in the law profession and the country at large.
Toto said the law profession has learnt the death of Justice Sandura with shock, saying here is no doubt he contributed immensely in post independence Zimbabwe's law development.
Justice Sandura retired from the bench on the 29th of July 2011 at the age of 70.
In 1989, he became prominent when he presided over a commission to investigate the abuse of office by government officials in acquiring motor vehicles through Willowvale motors.
The high profile case became known as the Willowgate scandal.
Source - Zbc
