This may come as a surprise, but it turns out that Vicki Momberg isn’t the easiest client to work with. The convicted racist and ex-estate agent was back in the Johannesburg High Court on Tuesday, to appeal her conviction for crimen injuria. She was jailed for two years after screaming the K-word towards law enforcement 48 times.

Vicki Momberg falls out with her own lawyers

As picked up by SABC, proceedings were reduced to a farce when she had a blistering row with her own legal representatives. As the hearing got underway, Momberg interrupted the judge on multiple occasions, with one of the interjections resulting in her asking to fire her own legal team.

Needless to say, advocate Anesh Sukdeo and attorney Wesley Rogers were left bewildered by the attack from their own side of the bench. As the arguments continued, Vicki Momberg seemed to eventually climb down from her position – but the damage was already done:

“My lord, we are the fifth legal team on the record, unfortunately, she’s not happy with the services rendered by the attorney, so our mandate has been terminated. I cannot ethically act on her behalf any further, my hands are tied.” Wesley Rogers

Vicki Momberg’s lawyers swear at their client

The exchange reached boiling point when Rogers sternly told his client that “the tail doesn’t wag the f****** dog”:

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‘WE ARE OUT OF HERE’ #VickiMomberg‘s lawyers furious following her abrupt demand that she wants to represent herself in the application to appeal her conviction and two-year sentence. They’re now in the chambers with the judges discussion a way forward #SABCNews pic.twitter.com/zimi8R74VH — Maageketla Mohlabe (@MaageMohlabe) June 11, 2019

Where we go from here

Things only got more strange from that point on. Momberg blamed her emotional state on the intense media attention drawn to the case. She said she was acting irrationally – both in court and on the night of her offence in 2016 – due to emotional fatigue. She then threatened to sue certain journalists for “reporting false information”.

Court resumed at 14:00 on Tuesday afternoon, where the defendant sensationally went on to represent herself. She claimed her initial trial was unfair, and that an episode of “hypertension” was to blame for her heinous outburst.

The legal team – who are now the fifth set of lawyers dismissed by Vicki Momberg herself – were reduced to watching proceedings from the dock. There was still time for one more fallout between the feuding parties, too.