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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 86096, member: 27"]
A failed appeal slams the door on sentence relief, locking two convicted businessmen into long prison terms with no Supreme Court lifeline.

High Court shuts down appeal push
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[*]Moses Mpofu gets blocked by a High Court refusal.
[*]Application aimed at Supreme Court review goes nowhere.
[*]Judges stand by the earlier courtroom outcome.
[*]Doors stay closed for sentence reduction.
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Judicial reasoning behind the refusal
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[*]Justice Pisirayi Kwenda explains the bench logic.
[*]Sentencing rules were followed during the trial.
[*]Any slip would have helped the defendants, not hurt them.
[*]Prosecutors already accepted the punishment scale.
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Fraud case driving the convictions
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[*]Moses Mpofu is tied to a state livestock funding scandal.
[*]Pulled millions from a government-backed goat program.
[*]The scheme drained public money beyond seven million dollars.
[*]Convictions center on financial deception of the State.
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Prison time is now locked in
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[*]Mike Chimombe faces a lengthy custodial stretch.
[*]Serving over a decade behind bars.
[*]Mpofu carries an even longer term.
[*]No legal shortcut left on the table.
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