The bail bid of alleged Parliament arsonist Zandile Mafe has been dismissed.
Mafe made another appearance in the Cape Town Regional
Court on Friday morning.
Magistrate Michelle Adams said the defence failed to prove
exceptional circumstances why he should be granted bail.
Mafe faces charges of housebreaking with the intent to
commit arson and terrorism, theft, arson as well as a separate terrorism
charge.
Mafe's defence team has insisted that he was innocent and
was being used as a scapegoat.
The Cape Town Magistrate’s Court had referred him for
psychiatric observation following his arrest.
His defence took issue with this and went to the Western
Cape High Court, which ruled that the decision to have him admitted to the
Valkenbeg Psychiatric Facility was unlawful.
Done by Lizeka Tsotetsi
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