Krejcir's bail bid denied
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir's bail application was turned down by the High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir's bail application was turned down by the High Court in Johannesburg on Thursday. Judge Leonie Windell said she was satisfied with Magistrate Reginald Dama's decision to deny Krejcir bail in the Palm Ridge Regional Court on December 13.
Krejcir's lawyer Francois Roets asked that the matter be stood down until 2pm, so his team could seek leave to take the matter up with the Supreme Court of Appeal. Krejcir, Desai Luphondo, and two members of the Hawks, Warrant Officers Samuel Modise Maropeng and George Jeff Nthoroane, were arrested in November.
They face charges of kidnapping, assault and attempted murder. In June they allegedly kidnapped and assaulted a man whose brother, known only as Doctor, disappeared with a 25kg shipment of tik he had been recruited to help smuggle through OR Tambo International Airport.
They allegedly kept the man at the Money Point business in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, for four days, and allegedly assaulted him.
-Sapa