Ratte doesn't want to apply for bail
Oct 11, 2010 2:17 PM
By Sapa, Times Live
 Kmdt. Willem Ratte (Wilhelm Friedrich Ratte) at Balmoral |
Rightwinger Willem Ratte has decided he will not apply for bail when he and nine other people return to court on preliminary weapons charges on Friday, his lawyer said on Monday.Read more »
"He is an angry man. He is not happy with the way that the State acted in this specific case. As far as he is concerned, they are keeping him in custody for no valid reason at all," said his attorney Daan Mostert.
He said it was possible that Ratte was trying to make a point with his decision.
Ratte and nine others made a brief appearance in the Witbank Magistrate's Court on Monday after being arrested during a police raid on his farm.
"Their case was postponed to Friday because some information about the accused still needs to ascertained," said National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Mthunzi Mhaga.
Mhaga said Ratte gave no reason to the prosecutors for his decision to abandon bail.
The preliminary charges were possession of dagga and unlicensed firearms.
The 10 were arrested in Balmoral, Mpumalanga, after police received information of a large number of arms and ammunition on Ratte's farm and that people were allegedly receiving military training there.
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