Magistrate rejects request to recuse himself

Charumbira, who is also the deputy registrar and master of High Court, dismissing the application, said that the meetings referred to by the defence lawyers did not have a bearing on the case. "I am of the considered opinion that grounds advanced for recusal that I am a competent and compellable witness in the case is far fetched," Charumbira said.

Charumbira said what transpired at the meeting bears all the hallmarks of what one may coin for want of a better term "case management drive".