JacoSwart violently beats his wife and is charged with R20k and suspended jail time. AfriForum says the outcome is “shockingly inappropriate” but the NPA says it’s “not a bad sentence”. The victim is 'disappointed'.
Bateman says that the State “rolled over and moved on” when the “prosecutor merely had to ask for the matter to postpone for a day so their expert witness could testify to the authenticity”. The victim was reportedly not asked to testify to do so.
In response, NPA spokesperson Lumka Mahanjana said that it did apply to have the footage made part of the record, but the application was dismissed “because the State did not rely on one piece of evidence to prove its case”.
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