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Port Elizabeth singer, Iain McLaggan, has turned to Legal Aid South Africa to continue his legal battles.
This week he was granted leave to appeal against his conviction on a charge of rape for which he was sentenced to eight years in jail.
The state has also been granted leave to appeal against what it said was the leniency of the sentence passed last week by Grahamstown High Court judge, Glen Goosen.
Dave McGlew of Legal Aid SA today confirmed McLaggan has applied for state assistance.
He explains the criteria used when deciding on an application for legal aid.
"The criteria that we look at when considering legal aid, obviously is financial first and foremost, it depends on what a person earns, the normal cutoff is R5500pm, however we also look at the seriousness of the case and the projected length of the case and whether the person would get halfway through the case and then have to come to us for assistance anyway. It is a rather complicated way of doing things but it is the fairest possible way that we can do it" Mcglew said.
