A man accused of murder has requested the High Court
to order that he should be allowed to visit a library once a week to prepare for
his defence. Matshidiso Boikanyo, the only defendant who was denied bail in a case in
which he was accused with three others of stabbing to death a cab driver on
September 2013 told Justice Bengbame Sechele yesterday that he needs a library
to read and learn about his constitutional rights.
“I ask the court that I be taken to the library at least every Monday or
every Wednesday. This would help me better prepare for my defence. I need to
understand my constitutional rights. I need to thoroughly understand the Penal
Code and case law regarding murder,” he said.
“The law also says that after a case like mine has been committed to the High
Court I should be released if I have not been tried after spending at least six
months in custody. This clause was amended in 2014, but because I have been in
prison before it was amended, the law stipulates that the changes should not
affect me,” he argued to support his application for bail.
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Matshidiso
Boikanyo, the only defendant who was denied bail in a case in which he
was accused with three others of stabbing to death a cab driver on
September 2013 told Justice Bengbame Sechele yesterday that he needs a
library to read and learn about his constitutional rights.
“I ask the court that I be taken to the library at least every Monday or every Wednesday. This would help me better prepare for my defence. I need to understand my constitutional rights. I need to thoroughly understand the Penal Code and case law regarding murder,” he said.
“The law also says that after a case like mine has been committed to the High Court I should be released if I have not been tried after spending at least six months in custody. This clause was amended in 2014, but because I have been in prison before it was amended, the law stipulates that the changes should not affect me,” he argued to support his application for bail.
- See more at: http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=51186#sthash.739mYETI.dpuf
“I ask the court that I be taken to the library at least every Monday or every Wednesday. This would help me better prepare for my defence. I need to understand my constitutional rights. I need to thoroughly understand the Penal Code and case law regarding murder,” he said.
“The law also says that after a case like mine has been committed to the High Court I should be released if I have not been tried after spending at least six months in custody. This clause was amended in 2014, but because I have been in prison before it was amended, the law stipulates that the changes should not affect me,” he argued to support his application for bail.
- See more at: http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=51186#sthash.739mYETI.dpuf
Matshidiso
Boikanyo, the only defendant who was denied bail in a case in which he
was accused with three others of stabbing to death a cab driver on
September 2013 told Justice Bengbame Sechele yesterday that he needs a
library to read and learn about his constitutional rights.
“I ask the court that I be taken to the library at least every Monday or every Wednesday. This would help me better prepare for my defence. I need to understand my constitutional rights. I need to thoroughly understand the Penal Code and case law regarding murder,” he said.
“The law also says that after a case like mine has been committed to the High Court I should be released if I have not been tried after spending at least six months in custody. This clause was amended in 2014, but because I have been in prison before it was amended, the law stipulates that the changes should not affect me,” he argued to support his application for bail.
- See more at: http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=51186#sthash.739mYETI.dpuf
“I ask the court that I be taken to the library at least every Monday or every Wednesday. This would help me better prepare for my defence. I need to understand my constitutional rights. I need to thoroughly understand the Penal Code and case law regarding murder,” he said.
“The law also says that after a case like mine has been committed to the High Court I should be released if I have not been tried after spending at least six months in custody. This clause was amended in 2014, but because I have been in prison before it was amended, the law stipulates that the changes should not affect me,” he argued to support his application for bail.
- See more at: http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=51186#sthash.739mYETI.dpuf
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