With days to go before the start of Jacob Zuma's trial, his lawyers have written to prosecutions boss Shamila Batohi to demand she remove advocate Billy Downer as his lead corruption prosecutor. | karynmaughan
Former president Jacob Zuma gestures to his supporters outside the Pietermaritzburg High Court following an application for a permanent stay of prosecution on 20 May 2019.With days to go before the start of Jacob Zuma's trial, his lawyers have written to prosecutions boss Shamila Batohi to demand she remove advocate Billy Downer as his lead corruption prosecutor.
In a seven-page letter sent to Batohi eight days before the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed Zuma's latest attempts to force Downer's removal through a so-called special plea, Ntanga Nkuhlu Inc Attorneys complain the prosecutor"has steadfastly failed and/or refused to step down despite numerous requests and demands for him to do so".
Zuma's lawyers claim, among other things, because National Prosecuting Authority advocate Andrew Breitenbach agreed to a request from News24 to provide it with court papers filed by the defence and State, Downer is guilty of"unauthorised dissemination" of confidential information about Zuma's medical condition.Subscribe to News24 for just R75 per month to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. You can cancel any time.
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