The instructing attorney for four accused in the Senzo Meyiwa trial has distanced his clients from controversial advocate Malesela Teffo, while the judge has felt compelled to invoke his Christianity.
Teffo, who had withdrawn from the case and then, in a U-turn, announced he would be returning, was a no-show in court on Tuesday.
Judge Tshifhiwa Maumela disputed it was an error as Teffo had made no mention of Thobane continuing with the trial when he withdrew. I have a physician called Jesus and he needs no augmentation “Some of us have a physician and a matter of my physician is not the problem of anybody but because of what is happening one needs to say out loud: I have a physician called Jesus and he needs no augmentation. Even before I came here I consulted my physician, when I leave here I will reconsult my physician and it's nobody's business. I needed to say that,” the judge said.
He said of Teffo: “The advocate who was appearing in this matter has withdrawn. When he spoke it was not part of the instruction. He is not part of this matter any more. Whatever he says, he says it out of his [own] mind,” Thobane said.
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