It was necessary for serial escape accused Bongani Moyo to “walk out” of the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court in August as his life had been threatened by a police officer, the court heard on Tuesday.

Submitting closing arguments, advocate Donald Somo, for Moyo, said his client had not “escaped”, but had “walked out”, allegedly on crutches, on the instructions of the policeman.

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