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Legalbrief   |   your legal news hub Sunday 01 September 2024

Nigerian priest denied bail, and other brief reports

* A Nigerian priest, facing seven charges of rape, was denied bail in the Clocolan Magistrates’ Court yesterday, Free State police said. – IoL

* Six men who go on trial on Friday in the Port Elizabeth High Court for the alleged R12.4m robbery of a First National Bank branch in January this year have reapplied for bail. They were earlier refused bail. – Daily Dispatch * Three men, Reon Cloete (18), Andrew Alves (27) and Jose Smith (24), have appeared in the Johannesburg High Court on charges of assaulting Samuel Mucuanaze and then driving over him with a car, causing his death a few days later. – Beeld * The State has withdrawn its case of intimidation against Albert Mokoena, former acting head of the South African Football Association, although no reasons were given. – IoL