PINETOWN - Member of Parliament Fadiel Adams's Cape Town legal team has taken the back seat.
Adams appeared before the Pinetown Magistrate's Court on Wednesday for a formal bail application. Bruce Hendricks, Adams' Cape Town-based lawyer, told the court that, for logistical reasons, they would step back from the case.
Retired state attorney Yuri Gangai takes over the matter.
Adams was arrested by the Political Killings Task Team in a dramatic takedown last week,
on three charges of fraud and two of defeating the ends of justice.
The state has alleged that Adams falsely claimed he was on official parliamentary duty to gain access to a hitman convicted of killing former ANC Youth League Secretary General, Sindiso Magaqa.