Omotoso heads to ConCourt after latest legal setback
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dealt another blow to the controversial Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso.
The court on Monday rejected an application for leave to appeal an earlier ruling in the high court related to the jurisdiction of the court to hear the charges against him that were allegedly committed outside its jurisdiction.
Omotoso and his co-accused Zukiswa Sitho and Lusanda Sulani are facing 97 charges ranging from rape to human trafficking.
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The women are accused of recruiting girls from all over the country for purposes of sexual exploitation.
The court case, presided over by a new judge following the recusal of judge Mandela Makaula, was postponed after the defence requested more documents from the state.
The judgment by the SCA stated that there were no reasonable prospects of success adding that there was no other compelling reason why an appeal should be heard.
The accused legal counsel Peter Daubermann will now petition the Constitutional Court.
The case has been remanded for 21 November in the Port Elizabeth High Court.