The defence in the case of Agnes Setshwantsho has accused the state of using delaying tactics to prolong the case unnecessarily. The Molopo Magistrate’s Court in Mahikeng has postponed the case to the 27 June, to allow the state time to centralise the charges against Setshwantsho from the Northern Cape and North West.
Agnes Setshwantsho, who has been remanded in custody, is also facing charges linked to the murder of her son Kutlo in the Northern Cape in July last year. “We need to be given an opportunity to draft a proper indictment that’s how it works. That is why the state is requesting the matter to be postponed,” says prosecutor Witness Ndlovu.
“This matter is remanded until the 27 June this year to deal with the decision of centralisation of charges as well as the high court date. The accused will remain in custody,” says Magistrate Gert Pretorius from Molopo Magistrate’s Court.“Our previous justice had set norms and standards to say that matters appearing in the lower court but a judicated upon in a higher jurisdiction ought not to spend period exceeding six months for them to go to the court where they are going to be heard.
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