Saying ‘karma’s a bi**h’ is not a threat in dog attack spat, judges rule

Two Pietermaritzburg high court judges have set aside a protection order, saying the magistrate had missed the point

07 November 2023 - 21:32 By TANIA BROUGHTON

An exchange between two men, one saying to the other “karma is a bi**h” was deemed to be a “kind of curse” by a Pinetown magistrate who went on to grant a final protection order against the utterer...

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