Pretoria - Former crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli has been given a month in which to launch his application for the State to pay for his fraud and corruption trial.
This order followed a morning of hefty argument from the Mdluli camp, which asked that Judge Bam recuse himself from presiding over any aspect of the Mdluli criminal trial. Judge Bam is retiring and not likely to deal with the main trial, but Motloung also tried to prevent the judge from hearing the preliminary application, as he and Mdluli felt that he would not receive a fair hearing.
The judge said he had previously issued a directive that the media were allowed to film proceedings in his court, subject to certain limitations such as not recording witnesses while they testified. He argued that Mdluli had a valid reason for not appearing in court as he was ill. He said while the judge was informed that Mdluli was not well, he did not pursue this further before he issued the warrant.
Judge Bam often told the advocate yesterday to “get to the point” after Motloung repeated some of his arguments, while the defence accused the judge of not wanting to listen to them.
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