“She has just agreed to that without authority of her boss the Chief Justice. She is either very brave or very stupid, or both, kkkkk.”

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By A Correspondent| Below is the message sent by prosecutor Michael Reza to another prosecutor in which the latter said the sitting magistrate in MDC Deputy Chairperson and Harare East legislator, Tendai Biti’s case is either brave or very stupid. It reads in full:

“Cde Mpofu,its Reza,how are you. Another strange ruling by the magistrate trying Tendai Biti. They applied for live streaming of the case,with cameras and journalists in court and proceedings beamed all over the world. She has just agreed to that without authority of her boss the Chief Justice. She is either very brave or very stupid, or both, kkkkk.”

This message was presented in court by Biti’s defence lawyer as she reported Mr Reza for contempt of court. Meanwhile Biti today applied for exception of charges indicating that the current charges he was facing did not constitute a criminal offence.

Appearing before Harare Magistrate, Gloria Takundwa through his lawyer Beatrice Mthetwa from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, Biti said there was no criminal offence in his announcement that Nelson Chamisa had won the Presidential elections as he had done so using information that was already in the public domain.

During the hearing, his lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa applied for an investigation of the chief prosecutor, Mr Michael Reza who sent a message saying that Harare magistrate Mtwandwa was stupid to allow LIVE streaming of the trial.

Biti was arrested at the Zambian border post after he tried to cross into the neighbouring country to seek asylum claiming he was running away from persecution by the state security.

Meanwhile, the magistrate granted an application made by his lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa for the proceedings to be live streamed by accredited media houses. The trial is expected to run for the rest of this week.