WATCH | Five things you need to know about Brown Mogotsi’s bail hearing

Brown Mogotsi, a self-proclaimed crime intelligence agent, will spend three more nights in jail after his bail application was postponed to Thursday.

Mogotsi made his second appearance in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court for a bail application on Monday.

Here are the top five highlights from the hearing:

• State prosecutor Adv Thami Mpekana revealed that Mpogotsi had given the investigating officer a home address they couldn’t verify.
• In an affidavit read in court by Mpekana, the investigating officer said he had gone to the address in Mmabatho, North West, and when he arrived there, he found a woman who told him Mogotsi did not live there.
• Mpekana told the court that Mogotsi attempted to offer the investigating officer a bribe for him not to oppose bail. Mogotsi denied the allegation.
• The state argued that Mogotsi’s release on bail could endanger people, as one of the charges he faces relates to firing a firearm in public.

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