Lotter double-murder accused Mathew Naidoo may not be out on bail much longer after the state was granted leave to appeal his bail on Friday.
The matter was heard in chambers at the High Court in Durban.
The state applied for leave to appeal the bail application as it believed the magistrate who granted the bail, had misdirected himself.
Naidoo (22), his former girlfriend Nicolette Lotter (26) and her brother Hardus (20) are accused of murdering the siblings’ parents Magdalena and Johannes Lotter at their Westville home in July 2008.
Magdalena was allegedly shocked with an ”electrocution machine”, bound and gagged, then stabbed repeatedly.
Johannes was allegedly assaulted and then strangled with a piece of electric cable.
Naidoo, who has been described by his co-accused as the ”son of God”, was released on R20 000 bail by Pinetown magistrate Yugan Naidoo in February.
It was his second bid for bail. Last year, he was refused bail by the same magistrate after the court found he was a flight risk. This year, however, he successfully argued that delays in the case had prejudiced him.
On Friday, state prosecutors said they would file papers within the next two weeks to appeal the bail application.
Earlier, Nicolette said in a confession she believed Naidoo was the ”son of God” because he was able to make predictions that came true.
She said he was ”a medium that God and evil could use to speak to them”.
Criminal proceedings against the trio will resume on May 29. — Sapa