Shaik fighting on from jail

JOHANNESBURG – Jailed businessman Schabir Shaik is desperately trying to find grounds to challenge his corruption conviction and sentence through the Constitutional Court (Concourt), reported The Weekender on Saturday.

Shaik has until November 27 to file a challenge with the Concourt to the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) judgment on November 6. This upheld his conviction and 15-year-sentence for corruption and fraud.Shaik has started serving his jail term.He is also frantically searching for new counsel, including a constitutional law expert to lead the challenge, said the newspaper.Nirmal Singh SC is expected to lead the team.If Shaik is granted the right to go before the Concourt, his lawyers are expected to argue that the SCA went beyond its purview when it found an “overriding corrupt relationship” between Shaik and African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma, said the newspaper.The legal team had no opportunity to argue against this during the appeal, they apparently will say.Nampa-SapaThis upheld his conviction and 15-year-sentence for corruption and fraud.Shaik has started serving his jail term.He is also frantically searching for new counsel, including a constitutional law expert to lead the challenge, said the newspaper.Nirmal Singh SC is expected to lead the team.If Shaik is granted the right to go before the Concourt, his lawyers are expected to argue that the SCA went beyond its purview when it found an “overriding corrupt relationship” between Shaik and African National Congress deputy president Jacob Zuma, said the newspaper.The legal team had no opportunity to argue against this during the appeal, they apparently will say.Nampa-Sapa