The volume of evidence in the multimillion-rand fraud trial of former EP Rugby Union head Cheeky Watson and others accused of siphoning off money meant for the Bay’s Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) has resulted in another postponement.
Fourteen men and a woman arrested in one of the country's largest murder and racketeering investigations will finally appear in the Western Cape High Court in May.
Disgraced Gqeberha businesswoman Andrea Wessels and her now-defunct events company took centre stage on Thursday during the protracted fraud and money laundering trial relatingto the city’s Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS).
A former state prosecutor admitted that he was reluctant to charge ex-EP Rugby president Cheeky Watson, explaining the multimillion-rand fraud case was never meant to be a “Cheeky Watson trial”.
A statement former EP Rugby boss Cheeky Watson made, allegedly detailing how some of the money siphoned from the Integrated Public Transport System (IPTS) landed in the rugby union’s bank account, will never see the light of day if his lawyer has his way.