[DEBATE] : (Fwd) Judge finds Terry Crawford-Browne in contempt of court BUT

[Patrick Bond]

(Terry declares semi-victory here. More power to him.)

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Subject:     Trevor Manuel v Terry Crawford-Browne Case 13704
Date:     Fri, 5 Sep 2008 13:46:21 +0200
From:     Terry Crawford-Browne <ecaar at icon.co.za>

Hi Friends
 
      Guilty of contempt of court but in the public interest, in terms 
of section 297(1)(a)(ii) of Act no 51 of 1977, sentence is postponed for 
a period of three years.   I have only very minor quibbles with the 
judgement.  
 
      I've done what I can in putting the arms deal into the public 
domain, including providing the media with the complaint I lodged on 20 
August 2008 with the Specialised Crime Unit in Bellville.  It is now up 
to civil society and the media to investigate and expose the rot, and to 
demand a thorough and independent judicial investigation of the arms 
deal -- which is what Archbishop Ndungane and others called for back in 
1999.
 
      I remain convinced I shall be fully vindicated long before three 
years is out.
 
So, in essence, just a warning:  and well worth helping the Sunday Times 
with  its exposes plus my subsequent laying of  criminal charges against 
Trevor  Manuel .  Now it is up to the media and civil society to make 
sure that those charges are pursued, and not brushed under the carpet as 
a political hot potato.
 
 
Regards  Terry