SEIZED US$78K : JUDGE ORDERS FRESH INQUIRY

The High Court has overturned a magistrate’s decision to withhold US$78 000 seized from two men who were removed from remand after the State failed to proceed with theft charges against them. Justice Joel Mambara ruled that the magistrate erred by not determining who was entitled to the money, leaving it unlawfully in police custody. In delivering judgment, Justice Mambara criticised the