High profile CIT case in court
Former Lethuli House employee claims he was tortured by Police.
The four accused of staging a CIT heist at Dobsonville Point Mall on 5 July has appeared in Roodepoort Regional Court today (31 August) for their formal bail applications.
Read the initial article here:
https://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2018/08/02/new-charges-added-for-former-anc-employee-connected-to-cit-heist/
The former ANC Lethuli House employee Errol Velile Present, Ithumeleng Manama, Bheki Biyela and Zhakele Zondi faces charges of robbery with aggravating circumstances, possession of stolen vehicles and attempted murder. Two of the accused’s lawyers arrived at 10am and a third at 11am despite the fact that the proceedings had to start at 9am. Magistrate John Baloyi was clearly not impressed saying it was unfair towards the accused that the case kept on being postponed.
State Advocate Paseka Temeki prosecuted on behalf of the state. Only Present and Manama was cross examined today and halfway during the investigating officer’s testimony proceedings were halted at 3.30pm when the court closed.
Also Read:
https://roodepoortrecord.co.za/2018/05/15/breaking-news-cit-heist-ontdekkers-road/
The bail application will continue on 11 and 13 September.
For a full report of today’s proceedings see this coming week’s print edition of the Record.
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