Judge Dorothy Degabrielle has reserved her ruling to 10am tomorrow on the defenseâs plea to have the judge recuse herself from Thom Mpinganjiraâs judgeâs bribery case. After the case resumed this morning, Patrice Nkhono, a lawyer representing the business mogul asked the Judge presiding the case to recuse herself as he she is being accused of improprieties. Nkhono alleged that there were certain offers which were made to Mpinganjira with a view to achieve favorable sentence for him. Nkhono claimed that the defense has evidence inform of text messages and recordings of phone calls which have been transcribed.