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That lawyer is a proper scumbag. But maybe it can then still be recovered?
he is getting paid to do his job ...
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That lawyer is a proper scumbag. But maybe it can then still be recovered?
even the scumbag rapist deserves a fair trialThat lawyer is a proper scumbag. But maybe it can then still be recovered?
Agreed. Its all about process.even the scumbag rapist deserves a fair trial
Du Plessis is now talking about the accused's injuries, saying that not all the injuries were noted or that further injuries were sustained after arrest.
Says he was injured with a broken bottle at the Dros, from one of the bystanders,.
Good job SAPS, giving scumbags a get-out-of-jail card.#Drosrapist the accused has now alleged that he was assaulted by police at the Silverton police station. Du Plessis says the accused was forced to do push ups and then kicked by police officers, as well as hit with open hands and belts
Is he not pleading guilty ?
The state is gathering more evidence. I would say logically speaking, his lawyer is doing the right thing for his client. They don't know how badly SAPS will screw up the evidence process.Despite a court order to photograph the accused after court, he is removed from court before the magistrate even left. The case has been postponed to November 1. The accused has still not pleaded.
He's forcing the prosecution to obtain a warrant by which time they can lose or wipe the phone if it isn't already done.Can't the court order him to hand it over?
Agreed, well done saps.Good job SAPS, giving scumbags a get-out-of-jail card.
Postponed until 1 November for further investigations by the state.
Enough time for trolls to make him the posterchild for apartheid and white people in general.
On the contrary. it will be used to further agendas to generalize and stigmatize.Eh? Are you implying his actions will be excused or defended?
Black First Land First (BLF) takes the sexual assault of a 6 year old black child by the racist settler colonizer Nicholas Ninow as a crime against the humanity and dignity of the innocent child and in addition all black children. Therefore this was an act of war against all black people.
BLF is appalled by the impunity enjoyed by settler colonizers in this country. Thousands of black women, men and children have been subjected to sexual violence at the hands of white men and women without concequences. Every single one of these violations are acts of warfare, racist deliberate attempts to weaken and kill the black collective and are often rewarded by the media, the government and the law with protection.
IMO the state should have asked him to plead. He got caught at the scene during the act of disposing the evidence with such overwhelming evidence against him and so many witnesses yet the state doesn't want to charge him yet.
The 2 months gives him time to concoct some insanity defense. In the meantime because he hasn't pleaded, black people will call it biased that he can't be named by saying the justice system favours white people. our justice system is a joke really. No wonder so few cases get prosecuted.
One can argue any system at its core is just. One cannot assume if the original intention was noble that it is a good system. For example if South Africa has the strictest sentences against rape in the world with life sentence being given for it, then how come South Africa has close to the highest number of rapes per 100K people in the world, if not the highest. The problem points to not just justice taking time but rather something fundamentally being broken.The justice system at its core is not a joke. There are two reasons why so few cases get prosecuted:
1) The NPA and SAPS are incompetent at doing their job because of corruption.
2) The system is swamped, which means that justice takes its time.
That is not the fault of the justice system. You can have the best court system in the world, if the police, who are tasked with catching the perps are incompetent or overwhelmed(like they are in the Western Cape because of political meddling) , there is nothing the courts can do.One can argue any system at its core is just. One cannot assume if the original intention was noble that it is a good system. For example if South Africa has the strictest sentences against rape in the world with life sentence being given for it, then how come South Africa has close to the highest number of rapes per 100K people in the world, if not the highest. The problem points to not just justice taking time but rather something fundamentally being broken.
If they would do this willingly I'm sure some of them would even sell their families for political gain. Scum of the highest kind.So sad that the scum poiltical organisations have hijacked this to push their racist agendas.
The justice system at its core is not a joke. There are two reasons why so few cases get prosecuted:
1) The NPA and SAPS are incompetent at doing their job because of corruption.
2) The system is swamped, which means that justice takes its time.
On the contrary. it will be used to further agendas to generalize and stigmatize.
Example.
In this case and most cases if the women/girl gets to a doctor fast enough there will be enough physical evidence.It is also incredibly difficult to prosecute sexual assault crimes. Our courts are required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that an assault took place. In many instances, they are really just a "he said she said" situation. It is not possible to prosecute these types of cases.