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AI summary
The Western Cape High Court heard a bail appeal in Okafor v S and considered charges involving alleged dealing in drugs and being in the country illegally. The court said the appellant had not discharged the onus to show that release on bail was in the interests of justice, and the appeal was dismissed.
This may be relevant to bail proceedings involving Schedule 5 charges and immigration related allegations.
Evidence from source
[46] The appellant has accordingly not discharged the onus of proving that it is in the interests of justice for him to be released on bail. I thus find that the magistrate did not exercise his discretion wrongly.
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