Kingpin ‘Vet’ Murphy convicted in landmark drug case

It is the first time SA authorities convicted an organised-crime group for drug-related offences, and the ruling sets a case law precedent

12 July 2023 - 22:54

It was about halfway through acting judge Diane Davis’s ruling on Wednesday that Mitchells Plain drug dealer Fadwaan Murphy closed his eyes and shook his head. For only a moment at the end of his five year-long trial did Murphy look as though he might cry...

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