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Magistrates Courts
Atteridgeville
Accuser
jailed as rape accused walks - 16 July
A woman who accused a man of rape was locked up while her so-called
attacker was set free on Thursday, Atteridgeville police said.
Inspector Daniel Mavimbela said the woman was charged with perjury
in the Atteridgeville Magistrate's Court after it transpired that
she had lied and the sex had in fact been consensual. The man has
been behind bars since October last year after his bail was denied.
- IOL
website
Woman
sentenced after false rape cry - 20 July
An Atteridgeville woman was sentenced to three years' imprisonment
after she falsely accused a man of rape, police said on Monday. - IOL
website
Chatsworth
'False
rape charges ruined my life' - 13 July
An 18-year-old Northdene girl who laid false charges of sexual
molestation and rape against her father is now in hot water. The
charges were withdrawn after police found discrepancies and she
admitted that she had lied. The girl was charged with perjury
and appeared in the Chatsworth Magistrate's Court last Friday. The
father, a transport controller, who cannot be named, said the
incident had turned his whole life upside down. He now faced
the wrath of the community and his family had rejected him. - IOL
website
Johannesburg
Motata
case draws to a close - 16 July
With Judge Nkola Motata not having testified, what has been put to
witnesses on his behalf should not be taken into account, state
prosecutor Zaais van Zyl said on Thursday. He was giving closing
arguments at the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Motata's drunk
driving case. He told the court that even if there was a plea
explanation it still would not be evidence. He noted that with the
accused not having testified, some questions about the accident
remained unanswered. "Why did the accused not use one of the
many driveways... Why was the impact of the accident so severe . . .
Why did he remain in the vehicle after the accident? Why did he hit
the wall? Why he was he swearing? Why were there spelling errors in
his handwritten note?" Van Zyl questioned. - IOL
website
Motata
is a master of English, court hears - 16 July
Judge Nkola Motata has no speech impediment, he does not repeat
words and he is a master of the English language, state prosecutor
Zaais van Zyl said on Thursday. He was describing Motata's normal
language as compared to his statements at the 2007 accident scene,
which led to the case, where Van Zyl was giving closing argument in
the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court. - IOL
website
Motata
witness biased : defence - 16 July
If judge Nkola Motata is convicted, it would be based on evidence
supplied by complainant Richard Baird and nothing else, defence
lawyer Bantubonke Tokoto said today. - The
Times website
'It's
a kiss on the cheek' - 17 July
James O'Shea was granted R50 000 bail by magistrate PR du Plessis,
who said he was not a flight risk because he had "substantial
assets" in the country. O'Shea's two co-accused were granted R4 000
bail each. O'Shea was arrested earlier this month on eight charges
of fraud and theft involving the hijacking of buildings. Sources
close to him said his modus operandi was to buy houses on auction
and pay deposits with cheques that bounced. The same night he goes
to the owners or tenants of the properties, showing them the auction
papers and ordering them out. He then allegedly puts his own tenants
in them. When auctioneers and banks realise the cheques are
dishonoured, they start eviction procedures, which he opposes to
stall for time. In the meantime he receives rent on the properties.
Police have been collecting evidence against O'Shea since 2006. -
IOL
website
Kokstad
Teacher
sentenced for dragging dog behind car - 14 July
A teacher convicted of dragging his dog behind his vehicle earlier
this year was on Tuesday sentenced to 18 months in prison by the
Kokstad Magistrate's Court. Half of the sentence was suspended.
Andile Jezile also had the option of paying a R3 000 fine. He was
arrested in January, charged with seven counts under the Animal
Protection Act, and later released on bail. - IOL
website
Pinetown
Faked
death : no insurance payout - 15 July
The State has claimed in an indictment, served on Tuesday on two
accused including a businessman, alleged to have faked his death,
that Discovery Life had declined to pay out on a claim filed by the
businessman's ex-wife. In the dock in the Pinetown Magistrate's
Court were Sundragasen 'Rajen' Chetty and his cousin, Dayalan 'Dean'
Reddy. The accused, represented by attorney Zane Haneef, are also
facing defeating the ends of justice charges. On October 7 last
year near Abelia Road, Kloof, the accused unlawfully and
intentionally killed Bharat Bee Lutchman, a homeless individual who
frequented Merebank. Two days after Lutchman's fiery death, Reddy
falsely identified the deceased's body as Chetty's. Chetty and Reddy
will appear in the Durban High Court on October 30 - the provisional
trial date. - IOL
website
Stellenbosch
Harrowing
last hours of student revealed - 18 July
Erin van Rensburg did not want her brother's varsity friend of six
years, Jacobus Eksteen, in their home because she thought him "weird".
But he came to fix a computer - and the petite 20-year-old student
from the University of Stellenbosch disappeared. Her battered body
was found three days later, hundreds of kilometres away from home,
buried in the sand dunes. On Friday, a tale of obsession and
violence unfolded in the Stellenbosch Magistrate's Court as the
state opposed Eksteen's bid for bail. - The
Times website
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