THE trial of a dentist, who is accused of operating an illegal drug treatment centre and allowing a patient to continue taking his “anxiety and panic disorder” medication, while administering ibogaine, a schedule 6 substance resulting in his death, began in the Durban High Court on Monday.
Anwar Mohamed Jeewa, 58, of Sherwood, is charged with murder, following the death of Canadian and French citizen Milo Martinovic, 26, who sought help at the centre in Westville, in November 2017.
A post-mortem established that it was a “drug associated death