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Court room gavel and a book.
Judge Nkosinathi Emmanuel Chili has reserved judgment on the state’s Stop Stalingrad application until the 24th of April.
The state wants Judge Chili to rule that the trial proceed regardless of any further applications or appeals by the defense.
The state has argued that the 18-year delay in the case is harming the reputation of the administration of justice.
Judge Chili says he is waiting for a Supreme Court of Appeal ruling in a case about the permissibility of appeals during a trial, to which Thales’ legal team referred to in argument.
“When addressing the court in argument, Mister Roux for Thales alerted the court to the matter of Matric Luphondo versus the State SCA case number 123 of 2024, which is presently before the Supreme Court of Appeal. I have since established that an appeal in that matter was argued and that the parties are awaiting judgment.”
