By Lebone Rodah Mosima
Plea negotiations in the shooting case against Bellarmine Mugabe and his co-accused, Tobias Matonhodze, had failed to produce an agreement, the Alexandra magistrate’s court heard on Tuesday.
The State told the court that discussions with the defence had not been finalised and that further investigation was still needed before the matter could be resolved.
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Defence lawyer Sinenhlanhla Mnguni said the defence had engaged the process in good faith.
“We’ve always conducted ourselves and tried to finalise these negotiations in good faith with the state,” Mnguni said.
“I have no doubt whatsoever that we will ultimately find common ground here. This is a complex matter — high profile — you would appreciate that it’s not that easy to appease everyone in these kinds of negotiations,” he added.
The magistrate treated this as a final postponement for
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