The Bloemfontein magistrate's court on Tuesday postponed the case against convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester after the withdrawal of his legal representatives.
advocate Jeremiah Pela and instructing attorney Tsireledzo Ndou would withdraw from the case just hours before their client was due to appear with eight other co-accusedWhen proceedings finally got under way just before 11am, after a delay due to load-shedding, Pela addressed the court on an application to be recused from the matter.
“We request to bring an application for recusal on this matter. Myself and the instructing attorney, Mr Ndou, had a discussion with our client and we reached an amicable agreement that there won't be further instructions from today. So based on that, we do not have further instructions to proceed with this matter and if the court is inclined, it is our humble request for the court to accept our request to be recused,” he said.asked Bester if he was aware of the duo's application, to which Bester, clad in an expensive Louis Vuitton sweater, replied, “Yes, I am.”
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