Mpembe trial postponed, court orders prosecution to disclose documents

The trial involving former North West police deputy commissioner William Mpembe was postponed at the North West High Court on Tuesday.

“The State is ordered to make available for inspection to the defence legal team the relevant A and C sections. Mr Ellis admitted that concerning the investigations done by the police as such. The C section of one of the dockets is indeed relevant and needed in order to prepare for trial. According to Mr Ellis, this was not supplied,” Hendricks said.

“These matters are still under investigation and cannot be supplied to the defence until the investigations are completed. It is understandable that information from the dockets may be sensitive at this point in time.”Advocate Jan Ellis had on Monday made an application to be furnished with the two dockets, but the state said the dockets were not relevant to the trial and accused the defence of using stalling tactics by requiring the documents irrelevant to the trial.

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