Airport heist accused says he can afford R30,000 bail as his business does well
One of the suspects in the OR Tambo International Airport multimillion-rand robbery shocked the court on Tuesday when he disclosed that his exhibition stalls business generated R400,000 a month. In his affidavit‚ Prince Dube said he could thus afford R30,000 bail. Meanwhile‚ his co-accused, Thando Sonqishe‚ the man who appeared in social media with a multimillion-rand Lamborghini‚ said that if he stayed in jail, he would contract diseases given the poor state of prison facilities. Sonqishe’s lawyer, Victor Nkwashu, told the court that his client could also afford R30,000 bail. "My client was embarrassed by the manner in which the police handled his arrest and publicised it in the media, and if he continues in prison, his transport business will suffer and his family will be left destitute‚" he said. Prosecutor Pieter Erasmus opposed their bail and said the men were facing charges of armed robbery, and investigations were under way to effect more arrests. Magistrate Amulelani Msimeki...
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