Protest in Strand against criminal justice system
By Mthuthuzeli Ntseku
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Cape Town - The Strand Collective Leadership held a peaceful protest yesterday to highlight what it said was poor service from the local magistrateâs court and the criminal justice system in the province.
The leadership said the area was experiencing a number of high-profile gang-related murders, violent crimes, including shootings, and the illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, and the alleged perpetrators of these crimes were being granted bail.
The community demanded an urgent intervention from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the province and that the courts should not grant bail to the alleged perpetrators of violent crimes.