After the case has been halted for a year now due to objection and appeals filed to the Supreme Court against the then presiding judge ruling by the prosecution on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 Associate Justice Philip Banks steps aside from another hearing at the Supreme Court . Cyril Jones and Frank Musa Dean objected to the ruling and filed an appeal to the Supreme Court against Associate Justice Bank’s ruling. During the appeal hearing at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Associate Justice Banks at the start of the hearing drew the attention of his colleagues when he recused himself from the hearing. As Associate Justice Banks recused himself from the case on Tuesday, the hearing went ahead with the presence of four of the five members of the Supreme Court Justices hearing the case. He called on the high court to set aside the ruling of Associate Justice Banks that the judge was in error by ruling to temporarily mark the e-mail evidence.

Source: Front Page Africa October 04, 2017 02:26 UTC