Brown Mogotsi bail bid overshadowed by alleged escape plot
Political fixer Brown Mogotsi’s fourth attempt to secure bail at the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court was overshadowed by allegations that he had planned to escape from the court cells while disguised as a correctional officer, the state alleged on Tuesday.
A full written report on the alleged plot from Colonel Masenya had not yet reached the investigating officer by Tuesday’s hearing.
According to the investigating officer’s statement, read into the record by the prosecutor, police received information about the alleged escape plan on the morning of 20 August 2026.
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