Today’s Lowvelder reports on three court cases that started in the Mbombela, Barberton and White River Courts respectively.
In Mbombela, one of three accused in a public violence case was unable to attend trial due to illness on Friday. The case was consequently postponed to May 7. The three accused were originally part of a group of 11 charged with committing public violence after it was alleged that they had ransacked the home of ANC ward councillor Ms Elizabeth Maziya in 2012.
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A 25-year-old man from Barberton has been sentenced to 60 days in prison or a fine of R4 000 after he drove into a wall and almost killed a man on New Years Day, 2014. According to his statement, he had been driving on the Prison Farm road in Barberton on New Year’s Day when he lost control of his vehicle, a Toyota Corolla. The vehicle swerved and hit a wall and a person, who survived the incident.
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A great deal of swagger was put on display in the White River Magistrate’s Court last Monday, much to the dismay of the magistrate who proceeded to cramp the accused’s style. “I see you popping your shirt,” the magistrate, Mr Eddie Mabaso, noted drily as the accused made an elaborate entrance from the holding cells. “I see you came here with swagger,” he added. “Are you okay?”
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