"The State prays that the application by the first accused for a permanent stay of prosecution be dismissed," Senior Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions advocate Billy Downer SC said in his answering affidavit, filed in the KwaZulu-Natal High Court.
He led the NPA investigation into the arms deal since the early 2000s and prosecuted Shaik, Zuma's former financial adviser, between 2004 and 2006.Downer also led the Zuma prosecution in 2009 when former acting prosecutions boss Mokotedi Mpshe dropped charges against the former president. He said the State’s case relied"heavily" on the books and records, including books of account, minutes of meetings and correspondence of Shaik, Nkobi and Thomson, to which Zuma was not a party.
"Ngcuka simply could not have prosecuted Zuma on this basis, whether or not Zuma thinks that he should have been prosecuted then. It claimed that it had been denied a fair trial because of unreasonable delays, and that its right to present and challenge evidence had also been denied.
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