NPA headquarters
JOHANNESBURG - A judge has dismissed the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) request for clarification regarding the acquittal of Nigerian televangelist Timothy Omotoso.
The NPA wanted more insight into Judge Irma Schoeman’s April ruling, which cleared Omotoso and his co-accused of sexual assault and human trafficking charges.
But in her latest decision, Judge Schoeman ruled that the state is not entitled to to request clarification before filing an application for leave to appeal the acquittal.
Omotoso has since left South Africa and has been banned from returning for five years.