Timol murder case: Trial of former apartheid cop postponed to next year
22 October 2018
The case against Joao Rodrigues, the former security branch policeman accused of murdering anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol, was postponed on Monday and will be heard next year.
The case was postponed last week to allow Rodrigues' legal team to prepare an application for a permanent stay of prosecution.
Judge Ramarumo Monama ruled on Monday that the application for a permanent stay of prosecution, an interlocutory application, would be dealt with before the main trial begins.
The trial itself will commence on January 28, 2019.