The Constitutional Court has dismissed Skierlik killer Johan Nel’s application for leave to appeal against his sentence.
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/ 12 December 2008
Johan Nel has lost his application for leave to appeal the four life sentences he got for murdering four people in Skierlik informal settlement.
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/ 10 December 2008
Johan Nel’s legal team will be at Mmabatho High Court on Friday to hear whether he is granted leave to appeal his sentence, police said on Wednesday.
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/ 24 November 2008
The father of Skierlik murderer Johan Nel may be recharged with the negligent handling of a firearm, police said on Monday.
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/ 21 November 2008
Skierlik shooter Johan Nel will spend the rest of his life behind bars, the Mmabatho High Court ruled on Friday.
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/ 18 November 2008
Skielik murder accused Johan Nel could repent and live a normal life, criminologist Irma Labuschagne told the Mmabatho High Court on Tuesday.
The case of Skielik murder accused Johan Nel has been transferred to the Mmabatho High Court in Mafikeng.
Skielik murder accused Johan Nel was declared mentally fit to stand trial in the Swartruggens Magistrate’s Court on Monday. The case was postponed to July 14. Nel (18), who was charged with four counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder, was referred for psychiatric observation during his last appearance in February.
Gospel singer Solly Moholo performed outside the Swartruggens Magistrate’s Court on Monday morning as the public started to gather for the trial of murder accused Johan Nel. Moholo sang Umshini Wami, which is popularly known as African National Congress president Jacob Zuma’s trademark song.
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/ 12 February 2008
The case against alleged Skielik shooter Johan Nel was postponed to March 13 at the Swartruggens District Court on Tuesday. The case was postponed for psychiatric referral. Nel is accused of killing four people and wounding six others in the Skielik informal settlement near Swartruggens on January 14.
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/ 26 January 2008
Residents of the impoverished Skielik community on Saturday buried three loved ones who were gunned down last week, allegedly by 18-year-old Johan Nel. Enoch Tshepo Motshelanoka (10), three-month-old Keditlhotse Elizabeth Moiphitlhi and her 31-year-old mother, Anna, were buried at the Swartruggens cemetery.
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/ 26 January 2008
Racism was still a key issue in South Africa, political party representatives said as they addressed a gathering at Saturday’s funeral of the murdered Skielik victims. Congress of South African Trade Unions secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi said alleged killer, Johan Nel (18) had ”no regard for human life”.
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/ 26 January 2008
Mourners streamed to marquees set up on a patch of land next to the highway past the informal settlement of Skielik on Saturday to bury three people killed there by a lone gunman last Monday. There was a heavy police presence at the marquees, where women stirred pots of food in readiness for the funerals.
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/ 24 January 2008
About 600 mourners, officials, politicians and family members gathered at a memorial service held for the victims of the Skielik shootings just outside Swartruggens on Thursday afternoon. School principal Cherian Kocheapen said: ”Our learners cried after this incident. People are afraid of the place [Skielik] and the situation.”
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/ 24 January 2008
The attorney of murder accused Johan Nel is to apply for his client to be sent for a psychiatric evaluation. Frikkie Pretorius told reporters on Thursday that at his client’s next court appearance on February 12 he would apply for Nel to be sent to Weskoppies for psychiatric and mental evaluation.
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/ 24 January 2008
The case against alleged Skielik shooter Johan Nel was postponed in the Swartruggens District Court on Thursday. Nel stands accused of the murder of four people and the attempted murder of six others in a shooting incident in the Skielik informal settlement last Monday. The case was postponed to February 12.
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/ 24 January 2008
Police massed outside the Swartruggens Magistrate’s Court on Thursday in anticipation of the arrival of a large group of protesters ahead of the appearance of Johan Nel on murder charges. Nel (18) stands accused of killing four and injuring six residents of the Skielik informal settlement, about 10km outside Swartruggens in North West, last Monday.
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/ 19 January 2008
AfriForum has laid a charge against an African National Congress MP and all other organisers of a demonstration held outside the Swartruggens Magistrate’s Court on Thursday, the organisation said on Friday. Johan Nel (18), who allegedly shot and killed three people in the Skielik informal settlement, was appearing in court on at the time.
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/ 17 January 2008
Grieving relatives of the victims of the Skielik killings gathered outside their homes to comfort one another after leaving court where the alleged killer appeared briefly on Thursday. A man and two children were gunned downed outside their homes in the settlement, 10km outside Swartruggens in the North West, on Monday.