Carrim explains to court planned spiritual overseas trip [SOUND]

# Businessman Suliman Carrim told the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court that his planned trip included a religious pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia via Dubai, followed by a visit to Pakistan. His lawyer, Advocate Hendrik Potgieter, maintained that Carrim had a return ticket, disputing the State’s investigating officer Jimmy Kubayi’s claim of a one-way booking and that he was a possible flight risk. Carrim emphasised the trip for spiritual upliftment was decided after his doctor’s advice: