An Eastern Cape government official and politician’s bid to dodge a criminal case has failed, and the National Prosecuting Authority has decided to prosecute Luntu Sokutu on charges of assault. Sokutu is a director in the office of premier Oscar Mabuyane, as well as the provincial leader of the ANC Youth League structure.
to report that the gunman who killed five people, including a 3 year old girl and his own mother, had his gun licence returned by police last month, after it was revoked over an assault allegation. the telegraph says police face mounting questions over why davison was free to own such a weapon, despite concerns over his mental health. the photo is of three year old sophie martyn and her dad lee who were both killed. senseless is the headline on the front page of the daily mirror, which features images of the victims that have been named so far. the front page of the plymouth live website focuses on the hundreds of people who gathered at a vigil in north down crescent park last night. it says the community paid a touching tribute to those who lost their lives. and of course we will be discussing this throughout the programme, those issues that have been brought up on those front pages, including of course the questions over gun ownership and the investigation that is following. of
hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are geraldine scott, political correspondent for press association and james lewer, broadcaster and journalist. welcome back to both of you. tomorrow s front pages, just to bring you up to date at home if you weren t with us at 10:30pm. let s begin with the times headline gun licence given back to killer weeks before attack , referring to the mass shooting which occurred in plymouth last thursday. the express follows the story with devon and cornwall police being investigated by the watchdog. police initially revoked the gunman s licence over an assault allegation two months earlier. the guardian names the five victims the gunman s mother, maxine davison, stephen washington, kate shepard, lee martyn, and his three year old daughter, sophie.
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harassment at this point, there is no assault allegation. but with that said, though, leads into my next question, several members of the assembly say they were particularly disturbed by the allegation of the governor allegedly touching the state trooper on his detail. are you surprised his attorneys left that alone today? i was very surprised because that was one of the things that was first off new information and also the most disturbing piece in some of the report that came out because, you know, we saw a lot of the stories that came out. we saw nine of them come out in the press before the attorney general s report came out and i think the detail and the fact that this was a person who i mean, she was there to protect his life and he was there to