High court orders Zuma’s return to prison: The court set aside Arthur Fraser’s decision to release the former president on medical parole, rejecting his reasons as unconstitutional and irrational
and ordered his return to prison to purge his sentence for contempt of court.
“It is hereby directed that the third respondent be returned to the custody of the department of correctional services to serve out the remainder of his sentence of imprisonment.”jailed for 15 months for contempt of courtIn doing so, the judgment says, Fraser considered medical reports that were already found by the board not to support the former president being granted parole. It stresses that considering the reports was the remit of the board, not the commissioner.
“None of the expert reports relied upon by the commissioner asserts that the third respondent [Zuma] is terminally ill or is physically incapacitated,” the judgment says.
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