Gerrie Nel vs Barry Roux - Things you may not know
A comparison of things you may not know about Gerrie Nel and Barry Roux, soldiers of law. These advocates are battling it out in court during the Oscar Pistorius trial and have become reluctant celebrities as a result of television and radio coverage.
Gerrie 'Pit Bull' Nel
- Gerrie Nel is a South African State Prosecutor and Advocate for The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa.
- Nel was the founding head of the Gauteng division of the Scorpions in He held the position until it was disbanded in and was said to be close to the then chief prosecutor Vusi Pikoli.
- Gerrie Nel has built up a reputation not only for his skill and dedication but also his determination. "Everything he touches turns to gold," said former National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Mthunzi Mhaga.
- "He is one prosecutor whose prosecutorial expertise, conviction and integrity is beyond reproach," said Mhaga.
- A career prosecutor with more than 30 years of experience, Nel is a familiar name in South African law for taking on big cases.
- During the Selebi trial, he was arrested at his home in the early hours of J
Gerrie Nel Edit Profile
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Gerhard C. "Gerrie" Nel is a South African advocate and prosecutor for the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa.
Education
Nel matriculated from Hoërskool Piet Potgieter in Potgietersrus in the Limpopo province in , and studied law in Pretoria.
Career
He is nicknamed &#;Bulldog&#; for his tenacity in the courtroom, and is regularly assigned to difficult and high-profile cases. Nel started working as a prosecutor in He was a junior prosecutor in the trial of Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Waluś, who were both convicted in connection with the assassination of anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani in
He was the Gauteng Regional Head of the Non Performing Asset&#;s Directorate of Special Operations (Scorpions) business unit from its inception in until it was disbanded in
Nel led the prosecution in the trial of former national police commissioner and Interpol president Jackie Selebi, who was convicted of corruption in Nel was the lead prosecutor in the trial of Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp and several gun-related charges.
Nel once competed in wrestling at a provinc
Oscar Pistorius Trial: Who is Gerrie Nel, the Lawyer 'with the Golden Touch' out to Convict Bladerunner?
Trying to convict Oscar Pistorius of murder is a lawyer who is as lauded by the South African legal profession as Bladerunner was in the world of athletics before he shot Reeva Steenkamp.
Gerrie Nel is a decorated senior counsel for whom "everything turns to gold," according to a colleague in the country's prosecuting authority. High praise indeed, but this skill has made Nel enemies and landed him in trouble before.
In he was arrested by 20 officers during a late-night raid while he was prosecuting South Africa's top policeman. Trumped up fraud charges against him were soon dropped and the corrupt senior officer was later jailed for 15 years, thanks to Nel.
Two years ago Nel was given an international special achievement award for his "fierce pursuit of the vision of the National Prosecuting Authority's ideals to achieve justice in society".
Such glowing praise paints Nel as the courtroom equivalent of the Canadian Mountie determined to always get his man, or the Wild West sheriff who chases down the outlaw to bring him into town to face justice.
Over the coming weeks,
The process in a nutshell
Adv. Adv. Gerrie Nel, Head of AfriForum’s private prosecution unit, recently explained how private prosecution works and what such a unit entails.
The process in a nutshell
After a case is reported to the SAPS, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) must decide whether it will prosecute the offender. If the NPA declines to prosecute and AfriForum is of the opinion that there are grounds for a successful prosecution, the private prosecution unit may approach the NPA (in terms of section 7 of the Criminal Procedure Act) and apply for a nolle prosequi certificate. The certificate then gives anyone the right to institute prosecution in their own name.
Upon receipt of an application for a nolle prosequi certificate, the NPA may reconsider the case and decide to institute prosecution. If this is the case, AfriForum will not be entitled to a nolle prosequi certificate.
“Even if AfriForum’s private prosecution unit is already in the process of prosecuting a case, it is important to know that the NPA is compelled to take it over from us if it becomes clear that a successful prosecution is possible. This obligation has as foundation the state’s
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