The National Prosecuting Authority's Investigating Directorate says it has submitted its application for appeal against the R24.9-million Nulane Investments fraud and money laundering judgment. | iavanpijoos
Iqbal Sharma, Seipati Dhlamini, Limakatso Moorosi and Peter Thabethe have stood trial in the Free State High Court for fraud and money laundering.The National Prosecuting Authority's Investigating DirectorateIn April, the first state capture case brought to trial saw the Free State High Court granting Section 174 discharges to all but one of the accused in the case.said that there were reasonable prospects that another court would come to a different conclusion.
The final accused, former Free State agriculture department official Limakatso Moorosi, had her case closed and was then acquitted. In filing its application to appeal, the ID said that there were reasonable prospects that another court would come to a different conclusion and/or find that granting the discharge was a"misdirection that was contrary to legal precedent, constituted a gross irregularity in the trial and was prejudicial to the State".
The learned judge further erred in her interpretation and application of the doctrine of common purpose .
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