Davison Maruziva, editor of The Standard, The Standard newspaper and Professor Arthur Mutambara, Deputy Prime Minister designate. Philip Warington Taylor, a British journalist representing Ncube argued that the evidence against him violated the Interception of Communication Act as Zimpapers accessed his emails without his consent. They were jointly charged with 22 October 2008 publishing falsehoods in violation of the repressive Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) as well as contempt of court as defined in the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. The charges arise from the publication of an opinion piece written by Professor Mutambara. Their lawyer submitted to Harare regional magistrate Morgan Nemadire the need to refer the matter to a higher court, citing that the Magistrate Courts do not have the jurisdiction to hear the matter if it is deemed that there was contempt of court by the accused. The matter was postponed to 12 November 2008 for ruling on whether the matter should or should not be referred to a superior court. Arrested on 30 October 2008 3 November 2008 by members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) for allegedly practicing journalism without accreditation. He was arrested aboard his flight which was about to take off after he had spent 30 days in Zimbabwe. Taylor was granted $Z150 000 bail and ordered to surrender his travel documents. He was expected in court on 5 November 2008.Taylor who was represented by Harrison Nkomo denied the charges 40