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CAA chief's case remanded Sonja Carstens
News 24
Pretoria - Suspended Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) commissioner Trevor Abrahams is still in the dark as to whether he was successful in his representations to the National Director for Public Prosecutions to have the case against him reconsidered.
Magistrate W W P Moyses in the Pretoria Commercial Court on Wednesday remanded the case against Abrahams at the request of his legal representative until 7 February, pending the decision of National Director Bulelani Ngcuka.
Abrahams faces provisional charges of fraud and statutory contravention of aviation regulations. A complete charge sheet has not yet been drawn up.
Ngcuka will make the final decision over the charges Abrahams is to face if proceedings continue against him.
Meanwhile, a preliminary trial date has been set for 10-14 September.
Abrahams was arrested last year, together with two other CAA employees and six pilots, following a sworn statement made by Louis Maloma, a former SA Airlink pilot.
Maloma named eight pilots who had allegedly bought question papers for a senior commercial pilot's licence examination.
He vanished in October last year, ahead of sentence being passed on him in the Pretoria regional court after he had admitted guilt on fraud and corruption charges. The state was compelled to withdraw cases against two of Abrahams's co-accused, as Maloma had been the key witness against them. <
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