The National Prosecuting Authority's first state capture trial has ended in humiliation – with a judge finding that all the accused should be summarily acquitted because of the lack of evidence against them. | karynmaughan
Iqbal Sharma, Seipati Dhlamini, Limakatso Moorosi and Peter Thabethe in the Free State High Court. Photo by Gallo Images/Volksblad/Mlungusi Louw
The National Prosecuting Authority's first state capture trial has ended in humiliation – with a judge finding that all the accused should be summarily acquitted because of the lack of evidence against them. The judge further slammed the police's failed attempts to properly secure documents relevant to the Nulane trial as a"comedy of errors" and lambasted the State for"the lackadaisical manner in which this case was investigated and approached".
Despite the fact that Nulane Investment had no staff, the department successfully motivated for a deviation from procurement rules to appoint it to perform the feasibility study.Nulane Investment is alleged to have subsequently changed the findings of the Deloitte-authored study to identify Paras – an Indian dairy farm allegedly linked to the Guptas – as the most suitable implementing partner for setting up a milk processing plant in Vrede, Free State.
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