Highest court hears bid for Basson retrial - SA

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A legal rule that restricts the state's right to appeal a High Court decision to quash certain charges was wrong and irrational, the Constitutional Court heard on Tuesday.

Wim Trengove, for the state, was arguing in its bid to secure a retrial for Dr Wouter Basson, chemical and biological warfare expert in the apartheid era.

Pretoria High Court Judge Willie Hartzenberg acquitted Basson on 46 charges, including murder, drug trafficking, fraud and theft, last year.

Earlier in the trial he upheld the defence's objection to six charges under the Riotous Assemblies Act on the basis that these related to conspiracy to commit offences abroad and therefore did not fall under the scope of the legislation.

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These are the guys Cheney was helping out. Don't hear anything about it in our Whore media.