Four lawyers down‚ a damning psychologist’s report‚ a dismal assessment by a probation officer and a character witness who painted her as a "lunatic" were only some of the signs of Vicki Momberg’s self-destructive nature.The convicted racist’s legal woes and her constant clashes with lawyers were only the tip of the iceberg. It is not common for an accused person to change lawyers as often as the Johannesburg real estate agent, but she dropped counsel after counsel following disagreements on how the case should be handled. By lawyer number three‚ Magistrate Pravina Raghoonandan warned Momberg to "co-operate" with her lawyer who was operating pro bono. He eventually quit. Momberg‚ who was arrested and charged with crimen injuria after insulting‚ belittling and degrading black police officers and 10111 operators‚ calling them "k*****s"‚ showed that her problems went beyond what had happened that night. She claimed to have been distraught and disturbed after being a victim of a smash-a...
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