26 June 2009
4194/2006
F v Minister of Safety and Security and Van Wyk
Vicarious liability in rape and assault case
Serial
rapist now accused of murder
- 13 July
Convicted serial rapist Tsediso Letsoenya, serving five concurrent
life sentences and 243 years for a string of rapes, robberies and
assaults, is to be charged with murder. The 37-year-old is soon to
go on trial in the Khayelitsha Magistrate's Court for allegedly
shooting a young man in Khayelitsha in 2002. No rape was
investigated in this case. - IOL
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See
also :
Serial
rapist gets five life sentences
- 10 July
IOL
website
[InfoUpdate
14 of 2009]
Bank
wants what it is due from 'baroness'
- 14 July
Standard Bank, which is owed R45-million by a so-called baroness
from Constantia, who is feared to have fled the country under a
cloud of debt, wants to join as an intervening creditor in an
application for her sequestration in the Western Cape High
Court. Aleksandra von Maltzen, who with her husband Victor lived
in the up-market area of Constantia Heights, was provisionally
sequestrated in the high court last month following an
application for her sequestration by Pure Capital Property
Holdings. - IOL
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Sick
people can commit crime : judge
- 20 July
Abdul Rudolph, who is accused of slitting his wife's throat and
dousing her with petrol, may hear on Monday whether the Western
Cape High Court thinks it should overturn a magistrate's
decision not to grant him bail. Judge Saldanha said while there
was considerable public interest in the case - 10 000 people had
signed a petition opposing bail - the courts had to guard
against bowing to public pressure and giving legitimacy to a
"lynch-mob mentality". On the other hand, it had
to be considered that Rudolph was recovering under police guard
at the Gatesville Medical Centre from two major heart attacks
and a stroke that he'd had since his arrest. He could not
walk without help, was out of breath after taking about eight
paces, and needed constant monitoring. His counsel, Francois
Roets said Rudolph had attended court "faithfully and
religiously" in another case, in which he was accused of
raping and trying to murder his first wife and in which he had
been granted R2 000 bail. - IOL
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Mystery
deepens in Judge Maqubela's death
- 15 July
The mystery surrounding the death of acting High Court judge
Patrick Maqubela has deepened, with the Western Cape Health
Department and the SA Police Service at odds over an autopsy
report which is expected to indicate the cause of death. - IOL
website