5th December 2011

Sick-bed arrest looms for Selebi

Disgraced former top cop Jackie Selebi may be arrested in his hospital bed after his lawyers failed to secure a delay in the deadline for his incarceration.

A meeting between Selebi’s lawyers and the Chief Registrar of the Johannesburg High Court, Viven Pather, did not end with the court agreeing to allow the former police commissioner to convalesce for another week before having to report to prison.

Selebi’s counsel Wynanda Coetzee and an associate arrived at the court early this morning and presented a medical certificate to the chief registrar, showing that their client was sick.

However, the evidence was not accepted by the registrar.