THE manager of a prominent security company in Mpumalanga and two other men this week walked free on murder charges because their case docket disappeared from a police locker over the festive season. The Nelspruit Regional Court withdrew the case against owner and manager of Lowveld Professional Security, Chris Daniel van der Walt, 35, his employee Lieutenant Renier Bekker, 50, and a third man, Michael Bosch, 55, of Valencia citrus farm near Nelspruit. The three men were never asked to plead to murder. The three men were out on R1_000 bail each and were refunded their money. – African Eye News Service