Police and prosecutors scheduled the court appearance of a former private school headmaster accused of the possession of child pornography outside normal working hours yesterday in what City Press speculates appears to be special treatment.
It notes the headmaster and award-winning author appeared very early in the White River Magistrates' Court in Mpumalanga after special arrangements were made. Senior public prosecutor Karen Mortlock said there was 'no prescript' that said all cases had to start at 9am. 'I called the case early because I and the investigating officer were available. The magistrate had also agreed to preside over it. It was not special treatment,' Mortlock is quoted as saying. 'I had to be in my office after the case and the police had to go and investigate,' she added. Journalists who arrived at the court as early as 8am said the case had already been heard by then. Full City Press report