The High Court sitting in Blantyre has dismissed an application by former President Peter Mutharika’s bodyguard, Norman Chisale.
Chisale wanted the court to stay his property forfeiture case pending conclusion of his criminal case, which he says is bordering on the same property.
High Court Judge, Michael Tembo dismissed the application with costs.
Chisale claimed that the requirement for him to explain the source of his property in the civil forfeiture proceedings will undermine his right to remain silent, which he has decided to exercise in the criminal proceedings.
Tembo, hearing the application virtually, dismissed Chisale’s application but ordered that whatever Chisale says in the civil forfeiture case he is presiding over not be used in the criminal proceedings Chisale wants to remain silent in.
