The magistrate at Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court postponed the Forest High murder and attempted murder cases bail application to Monday, June 10, 2019.
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He said there are Acts in the Education system that he needs to revisit. “I need to pronounce the judgment on which is fair. It must not be a popular decision. I postponed it to Monday, June 10, 2019. Not all necessary aspects have been covered,” he said.
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Family members outside Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court
Mudi Mavhengani, the attorney of the accused wrote May 3 instead of June 3 on the affidavit that was read in court, also when the prosecutor read the investigation officer’s affidavit it was not commissioned and the court had to take a recess for it to be rectified. These are some of the discrepancies that the magistrate noted.
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A friend of the deceased outside Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court
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