Thursday, March 13, 2008

Trial is all Wet!

I guess they should employ postmen...neither rain nor sleet shall keep the postman from his rounds but a little bit of water can certainly cause havoc in a courthouse! A good court reporter would be there with his equipment ready to take the testimony and get the litigation on the right track....

~ The Beagle

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Flooding postpones case
March 12 2008
The civil trial of four men accused of stripping a woman of her trousers in public last year has been postponed to April because of flood damage to Umlazi's Equality Court."...Due to severe floods in Durban last night, some recording equipment (is) defective, including the ones used in this trial," magistrate Louis Radyn said on Wednesday.Several courtrooms were flooded after a downpour in Durban on Tuesday night. Mopping up was still underway at 11am.Thulani and Sibusiso Cele, Sitha Nzuza and Wiseman Mzotho are on trial on charges of infringement of human rights and dignity.

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