The pre-trial for Thabo Bester, Nandipha Magudumana and seven co-accused was again unable to get underway at the Free State High Court on Wednesday.
The pre-trial was supposed to start in February but could not begin because too many of the accused had changed their legal representatives. Seedat said he could not continue to travel “back and forth” between Bloemfontein and Pretoria, where Bester is being held. He said consultations with his lawyer were done telephonically, with the calls recorded by the Department of Correctional Services. This, he said, was a problem as the department is a respondent in the case.
He said this infringed on his right to a fair trial. ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW Mahlambi advised Bester to get a lawyer to bring a formal application before a court to deal with his concerns.
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