Judge tears into conduct of magistrate, prosecutor in Wolf bail dismissal PREMIUM By Devon Koen - 21 May 2021
A misdirection by a Humansdorp magistrate and the breach of duty by a state prosecutor were just some of the reasons given by the deputy judge president of the Eastern Cape high court why murder accused Donovan Wolf needed to be released on bail.
In his judgment in the Gqeberha high court on Friday, judge David van Zyl criticised the matter in which Wolf’s initial bail application before the Humansdorp magistrate’s court had been handled.
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Murder accused Donovan Wolf, who faces charges of gunning down a fellow Jeffreys Bay resident earlier this year, was finally granted bail in the high court in Gqeberha on Wednesday.