'It is the finding of this court that you are in this country illegally. I don’t find it to be in the interests of justice for you to be given bail.'
Rape accused pastor William Emeka in the dock at the Bronkhorstspruit Magistrate’s Court on Friday, 26 April 2019. Picture: African News Agency
The 43-year-old Emeka, from the Democratic Republic of Congo , faces four counts of rape, two of sexual assault and one charge for being in South Africa illegally. “It is the finding of this court that you are in this country illegally. I don’t find it to be in the interests of justice for you to be given bail.”
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