Will she succeed? Dr Nandipha Magudumana to apply for bail TODAY
Celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana will apply for bail on Tuesday, 29 August at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court.
Disgraced celebrity doctor Nandipha Magudumana will apply for bail at the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court.
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National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson in Free State Phaladi Shuping told The South African that Magudumana will apply for bail on Tuesday, 29 August.
The hearing is set for two days.
As previously reported, Magudumana was arrested in Arusha, Tanzania with her partner convicted criminal and rapist Thabo Bester. They were deported to South Africa earlier in April.
She is accused of fraud, defeating the ends of justice, violating a body, aiding and abetting an inmate to escape from lawful custody, corruption and arson.
Magudumana abandoned her bail application in May this year and launched a court bid to have her arrest declared unlawful. In July, the Free State High Court in Bloemfontein dismissed Magudumana’s application for leave to appeal an earlier ruling on the legality of her arrest and deportation to South Africa.
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DR’S COURT BID TO HAVE ARREST DECLARED UNLAWFUL FAILS
Magudumana wanted to approach the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) to appeal the judgement, however, Presiding Judge Philip Loubser dismissed her application with costs saying he is not convinced that the case a prospect of success and that a different court might come to a different conclusion.
Magudumana alleged South African police in Tanzania abducted her and contended that since her arrest was unlawful, the criminal proceedings against her in the Bester escape case were null and void, and she should be released from the Bizzah Makhate Correctional Centre in Kroonstad where she is held.
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