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Trial of ZNA legal officer postponed
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Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere yesterday postponed the case of suspended Zimbabwe National Army legal officer Grace Kurasha, who is accused of doctoring her certificates.
The matter failed to proceed after suspended Council for Legal Education secretary Huggins Duri informed the court that his lawyer was unwell. Additionally, it emerged that Kurasha's legal practitioners, Malvin Mapako and Admire Rubaya, were attending another court case.
Kurasha, who is being jointly charged with Duri, will appear in court on February 5 for the possible commencement of her trial.
Prosecutor Ngoni Kaseke alleged that sometime in 2020, Kurasha graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Lusaka in Zambia.
Kurasha reportedly later enrolled for a University of Zimbabwe bridging course for external law graduates to practice in Zimbabwe. However, she did not complete the course and allegedly fraudulently acquired a practising certificate from the Council for Legal Education.
It is alleged that she gave one Shorai Mupunga US$1,000 to pass on to Duri, who was the executive secretary at the council, to facilitate the issuance of the certificate.
Kurasha then applied to the High Court to be admitted as a legal practitioner using the forged certificate.
The matter failed to proceed after suspended Council for Legal Education secretary Huggins Duri informed the court that his lawyer was unwell. Additionally, it emerged that Kurasha's legal practitioners, Malvin Mapako and Admire Rubaya, were attending another court case.
Kurasha, who is being jointly charged with Duri, will appear in court on February 5 for the possible commencement of her trial.
Prosecutor Ngoni Kaseke alleged that sometime in 2020, Kurasha graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Lusaka in Zambia.
Kurasha reportedly later enrolled for a University of Zimbabwe bridging course for external law graduates to practice in Zimbabwe. However, she did not complete the course and allegedly fraudulently acquired a practising certificate from the Council for Legal Education.
It is alleged that she gave one Shorai Mupunga US$1,000 to pass on to Duri, who was the executive secretary at the council, to facilitate the issuance of the certificate.
Kurasha then applied to the High Court to be admitted as a legal practitioner using the forged certificate.
Source - newsday
