WATCH LIVE | Trial of controversial pastor Timothy Omotoso resumes
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The trial of controversial Nigerian pastor Timothy Omotoso resumes on Tuesday in the Port Elizabeth High Court.
The court will announce the outcome of the application for leave to appeal Judge Mandela Makaula’s decision not to recuse himself.
Last week, Makaula said he found the defence had failed dismally to prove grounds for him to recuse himself, including allegations that he had already decided to convict and sentence, and that he was overtly sympathetic and prejudiced, among other claims.
Omotoso, 60, and his co-accused Lusanda Sulani, 36, brought the application on Monday for Makaula to recuse himself after he excused Cheryl Zondi from the witness stand and wished her well for her university exams.
Senior Port Elizabeth advocate Terry Price SC also argued that the charge sheet against the flamboyant Nigerian pastor was an abomination.
He said the 63 main and 34 alternative charges against Omotoso, Sulani and third accused Zukiswa Sitho, 28, were not clear or concise.
Price said he wanted the matter regarding the quashing of the charges to be heard in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein to get another opinion on the validity of the charge sheet and its contents.
Makaula is expected to make a ruling on both applications on Tuesday.
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