By Johnathan Paoli
As the bail application of alleged political fixer Brown Mogotsi continues, the State has alleged that eyewitnesses saw him shoot at his own vehicle before falsely claiming he had survived an assassination attempt.
Appearing in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, prosecutor advocate Thami Mpekana argued that Mogotsi should remain behind bars because witnesses allegedly saw him stop his Chevrolet in Vosloorus in November last year, get out of the vehicle and fire several shots at it before reporting the incident as an attempt on his life.
“The submission of the state is that there are eyewitnesses who saw the car stop and (Mogotsi) fired a few shots towards the car,” Mpekana said.
The allegations form the basis of charges against Mogotsi, including defeating the ends of justice, perjury, unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition, and discharging a firearm in a public place.
Mogotsi was arrested
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