Late night release for Star Sabga; placed on house arrest

Busi­ness­woman Star Sab­ga has been re­leased from de­ten­tion at the Women's Prison in Gold­en Grove af­ter spend­ing just over a month at the State fa­cil­i­ty.

Con­fir­ma­tion came late tonight from a se­nior mem­ber of her le­gal team, who told Guardian Me­dia Sab­ga has been re­leased un­der house ar­rest con­di­tions.

The de­vel­op­ment fol­lows a High Court or­der ear­li­er to­day di­rect­ing the re­lease of the 69-year-old cheese­mak­er. The State im­me­di­ate­ly chal­lenged the rul­ing, trig­ger­ing a six-hour stay of the de­ci­sion.