Chabalala’s lawyer, Hlau Maluleke previously asked the court to consider a bail of R5000.
The 25-year-old was granted bail in the Middleburg magistrate court on charges of corruption and bribery. However, magistrate Hlengiwe Mkhabela said the figure proposed by Chabalala was a slap in the face of the court.
“The bail amount proposed by the defense is an insult to the court. Bail has been set at R500,000,” Mkhabela said. Chabalala appeared on charges of corruption and bribery after he was allegedly caught bribing a senior SAPS member to release a vehicle that was confiscated from him when he was arrested last year.Advocate Eric Sehlangu on Friday made a plea to the Middelburg magistrate's court not to release Chabalala on bail.
It would not be in the interest of justice for the courts to permit the accused release on bail. He was arrested for offences related to the offences he was out on bail for.He said Chabalala's release would jeopardise the strength of the case in court as he had the"propensity to interfere with investigations".
"We acknowledge that bail does not serve to punish a suspect, but if the court grants him bail, what will stop him from committing these offences again? The only [way] to guarantee that [he doesn't repeat the offences] is to not grant him bail," he said. Sehlangu read into the record an affidavit made by the senior police officer, Brig Obet Ngwenya, who is attached to the serious organised crime unit.
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