Bid to stop trial fails

PRETORIA - The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has denied a request by defence lawyer advocate Malesela Teffo to halt the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial.

Teffo launched the request after claiming that his clients’ rights had allegedly been violated during their first appearance in court more than two years ago.

Teffo, who represents four of the men charged with murdering the former Bafana Bafana captain in 2014, told the court yesterday that the continuation of the trial would be a ‘futile exercise’.

Violated

He alleged that his clients’ rights were violated because they had not been informed of their rights. He said they were also not told why they were appearing in the Boksburg Magistrates Court on October 27, 2020.

He later claimed that the accused appeared in court without being charged. Teffo then raised the issue of confession statements.