The state has lost its application for state capture accused Eric Wood to pay an additional R2m bail to guarantee his return to SA.
The former Regiments Capital director's bail conditions were relaxed by the specialised crimes court in Palm Ridge on Wednesday.
The court granted Wood, who is out on R250,000 bail, permission to travel to Spain and the UK to visit his family. After the state's application for his bail to be increased, Wood’s lawyer Estelle Killian successfully argued that the state had already preserved R450m from Wood which he could lose if he did not return to SA.
Killian argued that the state was indirectly asking the court to challenge its own decision to allow Wood to travel. The court ruled Wood's two passports must be returned to him on or before September 9 and ordered that he return them by October 5, a week before his next court appearance on October 14.
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