Constitutional Court dismisses Andile Lungisa's leave to appeal application

02 December 2020 - 13:04 By Adrienne Carlisle
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The judges, headed by chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, found that Andile Lungisa's appeal did not engage the Constitutional Court’s jurisdiction and had no reasonable prospects of success.
The judges, headed by chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, found that Andile Lungisa's appeal did not engage the Constitutional Court’s jurisdiction and had no reasonable prospects of success.
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The Constitutional Court has dismissed former ANC Nelson Mandela Bay councillor Andile Lungisa’s application for leave to appeal his three-year jail sentence.

A quorum of nine judges, headed by chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng, found that the matter did not engage the ConCourt’s jurisdiction but that, in any event, the appeal “bears no reasonable prospects of success”.

While the matter may now be academic as Lungisa was released on parole this week, it means that his sentence of three years' imprisonment, of which one year was suspended, stands.

This has implications in terms of his ability to hold any significant public office in the near future.

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