The court has overturned a rape conviction of an Ekurhuleni businessman, citing intoxication-induced memory gaps in the complainants evidence.
The court also raised concern about the woman accepting R23,000 from the brother of the alleged rapist a day after the incident.
The high court in Pretoria last week overturned Pule Mokous conviction and sentence handed to him by the Benoni magistrates court in February 2023, claiming the magistrate erred in convicting him beyond reasonable doubt.
