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[QUOTE="Queen, post: 88194, member: 27"]
A rape case stalling out because of legal maneuvers just got the prosecution pushing back hard in a Harare courtroom.

NPA wants Magaya forced into a plea
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[*]Walter Magaya faces six rape counts from three women.
[*]NPA filed to compel his plea entry.
[*]Prosecutors called his court filings frivolous time-wasters.
[*]Victims deserve timely justice, the state argued.
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Magaya's Constitutional Court play
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[*]Magaya wants three charges bumped to the Constitutional Court.
[*]His argument cites prosecutorial misconduct and DNA irregularities.
[*]One complainant reportedly recanted her willingness to testify.
[*]That affidavit's existence was initially denied by prosecutors.
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Defence claims around evidence handling
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[*]Magaya says he got a later-dated witness statement.
[*]An Ireland-based complainant's statement was allegedly prosecutor-altered.
[*]His DNA was collected at Parirenyatwa Hospital without counsel.
[*]Test results still haven't been shared with his defence.
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