A round-up of some of the latest cases at Worcestershire s magistrates courts. A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Kidderminster was banned from the road after he admitted driving while under the influence of drugs. Patrick Evans, of Exeter Close, drove an Audi A3 in Habberley Road on September 4 last year when the proportion of Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in his blood exceeded the legal limit. At Kidderminster Magistrates Court on February 12, he was fined £180 and must also pay a £34 victim surcharge and £135 to the CPS. He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months. Evans also admitted breaching a community order made by the same court in October, by failing to attend unpaid work, for which he was fined another £100.
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The State did not oppose bail during an application at the Worcester Magistrate s Court.
His bail conditions include not leaving the magisterial district of Wentworth.
Durban firearms dealer Anderson Padayachee was granted R60 000 bail as he awaits trial on multiple murder and weapons charges.
He appeared at the Worcester Magistrate s Court on Thursday and was granted bail with conditions.
Padayachee was arrested last Thursday and, at the time, the Hawks alleged he, via his dealership, was linked to an illegal supply of firearms to Cape Town gangs.
The State did not oppose bail on Thursday.
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National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said Padayachee has to stay at his home address in Durban, and may not leave the Wentworth magisterial district.
Durban dealer who âsold guns to Western Cape gangsâ has case postponed
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - A 41-year-old gun dealer from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, who appeared at the Worcester Magistrateâs Court on 61 charges, including the selling of guns to criminal gangs in the Western Cape had his case postponed.
National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said other charges against Anderson Padayachee included eight counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, fraud and money laundering.
Ntabazalila said senior state advocate Christian de Jongh from the director of public prosecutions would be prosecuting the matter.
Hawks spokesperson Zinzi Hani said a Cape Town team from the Hawksâ national bureau for illegal firearms control and priority violent crime, together with a special task force team in Durban, crime intelligence and metro police from Durban arrested the gun shop owner on Thursday.