CIO agent car theft case postponed

THE trial of a Central Intelligence Organisation agent, Mbereki Nyathi, who is being charged alongside an Indian national, Abdul Ismael, for stealing a motor vehicle from South Africa, failed to take off yesterday after it emerged that the suspects’ docket had been referred back to police for further investigations.

The matter was then postponed to September 30 this year, with the duo’s lawyer Admire Rubaya indicating that he would apply for refusal of further remand if the State failed to provide a trial date.

Ismael and Nyathi were arrested together with Hillary Nduna and Samson Marufu last month.

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