PRETORIA - A total of 42 people accused of holding ministers against their will have been granted R500 bail each in the Pretoria Magistrates Court sitting at the Kgosi Mampuru Correctional Facility.The State’s Sanete Jacobson argued for bail to be set at R3,000 for 29 of the accused after confirming that the suspects had no previous convictions, but their addresses could not be verified in the time given by the court as some reside in KwaZulu-Natal.
Earlier on Tuesday 13 suspects were granted R500 bail each and the defence argued it would be unfair to discriminate between the two groups and that bail should be the same for all of the accused.Meanwhile, 11 suspects found to have previous convictions will remain in custody until they return to court for their bail application on Friday. Download the Eyewitness News app to your iOS or Android device.
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