Car-smash judge takes leave after meeting with Ngoepe
Publish date: 10 January 2007
Issue Number: 1740
Diary: Legalbrief Today
Category: Corruption
Judge President Bernard Ngoepe said yesterday that Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata has taken leave of absence from duty until the end of February, says a report on the IoL site.
Ngoepe met Motata yesterday following the judge\'s arrest in Johannesburg on Friday after driving through a garden wall in his Jaguar. He was allegedly driving drunk. Motata is scheduled to appear in court on February 27. Motata allegedly resisted arrest and was put in a police car by five metro police officers. Full report on IoL site
