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News24 reports that the legal representatives of 12 of the accused in the University of Fort Hare (UFH) criminal case could challenge Thursday's ruling that the Alice Magistrate's Court has jurisdiction to hear the case.
On Wednesday, the defence teams argued that the court, sitting in Dimbaza, had no jurisdiction to handle the alleged fraud and corruption case. They argued their clients' warrants of arrest stated they needed to appear in the East London Magistrate's Court, and not in Alice or Dimbaza. They indicated that the case should be struck off the role, pending the finalisation of the jurisdiction matter. Fifteen suspects were arrested last weekend by the police's national task team. They are accused of defrauding the institution of R171 million in a string of allegations of fraud and corruption incidents. On Thursday, magistrate Nontuthuzelo Sontlaba dismissed an application for the case to be struck off the roll. She pointed out that when the accused appeared before her earlier this week, none raised the unlawfulness of their arrests or jurisdiction. But, attorney William Booth said they were considering taking Sontlaba's ruling on review. "Her decision is incorrect. However, I'll wait for instruction from my client," he indicated. The 12 accused are set to appear again on 11 and 12 April for a formal bail application.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sithandiwe Velaphi at News24
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