BoB suffers setback in P28m legal dispute

The fraud charges stem from allegations that after the default judgment was issued on the basis that a notice to defend the matter was not filed on time, Collins Newman & Co then allegedly went on to forge court stamps to make it appear as if such action had been taken.

 In a ruling made at the Gaborone High Court on Wednesday, Justice Zain Kebonang threw out persuasions by the central bank’s lawyers to have the forgery charges dealt with separately either by the Law Society of Botswana or a prosecuting authority while the court confine itself to dealing with legal arguments.