Jordaan wants theft case thrown out

South African Football Association President, Dr Danny Jordaan, and CFO, Gronie Hluyo, want their fraud case struck off the roll.

Jordaan, Hluyo and businessman, Trevor Neethling, made their second appearance at Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court today where their legal representative, advocate Norman Arendse, informed the court about the application to have the matter removed from the roll.

The duo’s challenge of their arrests’ constitutionality is cited as one of the reasons they want the matter thrown out of court.

“The investigating officer was aware of the pending application [to interdict the arrest] nonetheless the matter was sat down [before the application was heard] while the application is pending and it will result in the criminal matter being delayed,” Arendse said.

“So, it will not make sense that we waste state resourced by postponing the matter from time to time while those applications are pending, and we know the outcome of those [pending] applications.”

Before his arrest, Jordaan had filed an urgent application to interdict it. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), however, went ahead with his prosecution, saying his application was flawed.

Jordaan and his two co-accused will return to court on Tuesday, the 10th of this month.