By Ilhaam Hoosain
07 December 2007
50 New facts came to light that comprise substantial circumstances justifying Najwa Petersen's release on bail when it was challenged in the Wynberg regional court in Cape Town.
According to Sapa on Thursday Petersen's defence team, Senior Counsel Herbert Raubenheimer and attorney John Riley said the case presented to the court in Petersen's second bail application outweighed the case presented by prosecutor Shireen Riley.
Petersen is in custody for the alleged murder of her well-known entertainer husband, Taliep in December 2006.
Raubenheimer said the first application was denied because the court was convinced that Petersen was a high suicide risk.Raubenheimer urged the court: "Don't crucify Petersen because of the fact presented in the first application".
He told Magistrate Robert Henney that the magistrate’s judgment in the first application was correct, but was based on what was then placed before the court.
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