{"id":1385,"date":"2019-10-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.afriforum.co.za\/inquiry-into-kuga-deceased-adv-gerrie-nel-in-court-against-ford\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T00:00:00","slug":"inquiry-into-kuga-deceased-adv-gerrie-nel-in-court-against-ford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/inquiry-into-kuga-deceased-adv-gerrie-nel-in-court-against-ford\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry into Kuga deceased: Adv. Gerrie Nel in court against Ford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Evidence in the inquest into the death of Reshall Jimmy was presented in the Western Cape High Court on 18 and 19\u00a0<\/sup>March\u00a02019. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum\u2019s Private Prosecution Unit, appeared on behalf of the Jimmy family. Jimmy died in December\u00a02015 when the Ford Kuga he was driving caught fire. The Ford Motor Company is also a party to the proceedings.<\/p>\n

This inquest will determine whether the death was brought about by any act or omission involving or amounting to an offence on the part of a Ford. Witness testimony and videos of the incident were also presented in court. In this case the cause and origin of the fire has been identified as a subject of central importance for the proceedings. Ford\u2019s legal representatives have however argued that vehicle fires can occur indiscriminately with all motor models and brands.<\/p>\n

The inquest proceedings started on the day that would have been the deceased\u2019s birthday. Jimmy\u2019s unfortunate death leaves behind a family desperate for answers and for closure.<\/p>\n

Constable Thembekile Matwa\u201a who is investigating Jimmy\u2019s death, gave his testimony on 18 and 19\u00a0March. Constable Ryan Petersen, the first policeman on the scene, also testified on 19\u00a0March. Furthermore, Lt. Col. Richard Tonkin from the Serious and Violent Crimes Unit, who was also present at the scene, will continue his testimony on 20 March.<\/p>\n

Constable Matwa\u2019s testimony finally dispelled all allegations of a poor police investigation, as was argued by Ford in the application to have the inquest postponed.<\/p>\n

AfriForum believes Ford is a corporate bully who failed to accept liability for the death of Jimmy, even though evidence suggests that Jimmy\u2019s death was caused by a fault in his Ford Kuga vehicle.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the reasons why AfriForum\u2019s Private Prosecution Unit was founded is to ensure that everyone is equal before the law,\u201d says Andrew Leask, Investigator at AfriForum\u2019s Private Prosecution Unit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This case is also an important further step in AfriForum\u2019s strategy for establishing the principle of private prosecution as well as ensuring that justice prevails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Evidence in the inquest into the death of Reshall Jimmy was presented in the Western Cape High Court on 18 and 19\u00a0March\u00a02019. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum\u2019s Private Prosecution Unit, appeared on behalf of the Jimmy family. Jimmy died in December\u00a02015 when the Ford Kuga he was driving caught fire. The Ford Motor Company…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-private-prosecutions"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":55,"label":"Private Prosecutions"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"afriforum","author_link":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/author\/afriforum\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":55,"name":"Private Prosecutions","slug":"private-prosecutions","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":55,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":52,"filter":"raw","term_order":"0","cat_ID":55,"category_count":52,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Private Prosecutions","category_nicename":"private-prosecutions","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stopkorrupsie.co.za\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}