THE country’s longest awaiting-trial prisoner is going to spend Christmas at home. The SA Prisoners’ Organisation for Human Rights (Sapohr) is going to pay Julia Mashele’s R50000 bail. Sapohr president Derrick Mduli says the money was provided by the organisation’s German donors. Mashele has spent more than six years behind bars after she was arrested on May 14, 1993, for allegedly being the leader of a car theft syndicate. She was granted bail a few weeks ago but she was unable to afford it. Mduli said Mashele contacted Sapohr after been granted bail and asked them to raise the money. He said he wrote a letter to the German donors explaining Mduli’s background and present situation, saying that he felt her rights were being violated. The donors then approved the money. The cash will be sent later on Friday and Sapohr hopes to pay the bail by next Wednesday or Thursday.