Former security branch officer, Joao Rodrigues, is seeking leave to appeal an order made by the High Court in Johannesburg last year, dismissing his permanent stay of prosecution.
In an affidavit filed with the High Court this week, Imtiaz Cajee says he’s opposing Rodrigues’ application for a permanent stay of execution.
Joao Rodrigues, charged with anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol's murder, wants the court to halt the case against him because he is too old to stand trial.
Saturday marked 47 years since Timol was killed while detained in police custody.
An application by Ahmed Timol's murder accused Joao Rodrigues for a permanent stay of prosecution is expected to be heard at the High Court in Johannesburg in the next few weeks.
Eighty-year-old former apartheid policeman Joao Rodrigues wants the courts not to proceed with the case against him because of his advanced age.
The family of the late Ahmed Timol says it’s shocked that legal representatives of the police officer implicated in his murder plan to argue that he shouldn’t be prosecuted due to his age.
Ahmed Timol's nephew Imtiaz Cajee who attended the court proceedings says the case has been postponed to 22 October.
Joao Rodrigues appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court last month on charges of murder and defeating the ends of justice
