Judge to rule on Rob Packham's bail bid on Wednesday
CAPE TOWN - There is no "sound rational basis" to grant Constantia businessman Rob Packham's application for leave to appeal the cancellation of his bail.
The 57-year-old accused is facing charges of murder and defeating the ends of justice for the murder of his wife Gill Packham in February last year. Judge Elizabeth Baartman cancelled his R75,000 bail on December 20 after the State alleged Packham had tried to make contact with his former mistress through a mutual friend.
"He denies it. I must ask the court to consider the haphazard way the police investigated this aspect. It's hearsay on hearsay". In his heads of arguments he said: "The State did not have factual proof in respect of the authorship of the communications alleged to have been in breach of bail conditions and accordingly relied on what was essentially speculation by its witnesses."
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