Carstens awaits verdict

140724. Cape Town. Arno Carstens and his lawyer, Milton de la Harpe walking towards the Cape Town Magistrate's court. Carstens case was postponed. Picture Henk Kruger/Cape Argus

140724. Cape Town. Arno Carstens and his lawyer, Milton de la Harpe walking towards the Cape Town Magistrate's court. Carstens case was postponed. Picture Henk Kruger/Cape Argus

Published Nov 4, 2014

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Johannesburg - Musician Arno Carstens will on Tuesday hear whether or not he is guilty of drunken driving when his case resumes in the Cape Town District Court.

The last time the former Springbok Nude Girls frontman appeared, Magistrate Nasha Banwari heard closing arguments and postponed the case to Tuesday for judgment.

Carstens has pleaded not guilty to a main charge of drunken driving, as well as not guilty to an alternative count of driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.21 percent (the limit is 0.05).

Carstens was arrested in the Cape Town CBD late at night in December 2010 after traffic officers on patrol noticed his Mercedes-Benz driving erratically.

It was alleged during his protracted trial that he was unsteady on his feet and smelled strongly of liquor. - Sapa

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