Cape Town – The lawyer, Advocate Jeremiah Pela, who withdrew from representing convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester, is set to face trial on Tuesday.
According to Times Live, Pela is accused of accepting a benefit and attempted extortion in relation to a security tender at a TVET college in the Free State in 2017.
Pela and instructing attorney Tsireledzo Ndou requested to be recused from the case against Bester and eight other co-accused in the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court.
Ndou, who is facing charges of attempted rape and assault, was charged earlier this year and is currently out on bail of R1 000, the report said.
The trial is scheduled to take place from June 26 to 30 in the Bloemfontein magistrate’s court.
BREAKING: #ThaboBester‘s lawyers withdraw as his legal representatives. @LindA_MniSii pic.twitter.com/MzyTrDpO5Y
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
