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Prosper Dembedza
Herald Correspondent

Harare magistrate Mrs Sharon Rakafa will deliver her ruling on another application for exception by two men from Borrowdale who erected a billboard denouncing a property

development company, on September 12.

Mark Strathen of Paragon Printers and Grant Russell of Fairclot Investments are facing criminal nuisance charges.

The duo made their first application for exception while being represented by Tendai Biti and it was dismissed.

Their new lawyer Mr Gwinyai Mharapara told the court that he will serve the State with heads of argument tomorrow so that it will also respond.

The matter was then deferred to September 12 for ruling. The Supreme Court recently dismissed the duo’s appeal against a High Court judgment ordering them to proceed to

trial.

The appellants Fairclot Investments, its director Russell, Paragon Printing, and its director Strathen had cited Provincial Magistrate Mr Shane Kubonera and the State for

dismissing their application for exception.

The Supreme Court bench consisting of Justice George Chiweshe, Lavender Makoni, and Justice Felistas Chatukuta dismissed the application and ordered them to proceed to

trial and face their allegations.