Mpumalanga Man Convicted And Sentenced Without Being Charged Or Standing Trial
[imagesource:flickr]A Mpumalanga man was convicted and sentenced for a maintenance affair without being charged or standing trial. The Prosecuting Authority has said that the proceedings were ‘not in accordance with the law’, but bigger questions have now been raised about the judge’s understanding of SA law.
“When the case was called, the Public Prosecutor informed the court of the arrangement he reached with the accused and requested it to confirm this and if he admitted that he owed R6 000 in arrears for maintenance of the child.” Not being deterred by something as silly as due process and the law, the judge also failed to consider that once the case was converted into an inquiry, it was no longer a criminal matter, and the man should not have been convicted with a possible prison sentence.
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