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Application denied: Rodrigues to stand trial for Timol murder

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João ‘Jan’ Rodrigues’ application for a stay of prosecution has been dismissed. He will stand trial for the 1971 murder of activist Ahmed Timol
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Coligny ‘sunflower’ killers sentenced

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Pieter Doorewaard and Phillip Schutte will spend 18 and 23 years in jail for murdering a teenager who they claimed stole sunflowers from their farm
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Apartheid cop to finally stand trial for Timol murder

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João Rodrigues, who is accused of murdering anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol in police custody in 1971, will stand trial in 2019
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Dewani ‘perfectionist, calculated and controlling’- defence

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Shrien Dewani's defence cross-examines Anni Dewani's cousin, Sneha Mashru, about her testimony to British police after the fatal hijacking in 2010.
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Oscar trial: Expert questions state’s evidence

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Ballistics expert Thomas Wolmarans highlighted differences between his conclusion and the state's while testifying at Oscar Pistorius's murder trial.
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Oscar trial: Defence pathologist won’t testify

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A pathologist hired by Oscar Pistorius says he won't testify at the murder trial amid suggestions his post-mortem findings supports the prosecution.
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Oscar trial: Nel rips into expert’s testimony

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Prosecutor Gerrie Nel criticised evidence presented in Oscar Pistorius's murder trial by defence witness Roger Dixon.
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Oscar maintains he intended to shoot an intruder

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After a week of testifying, Oscar Pistorius says he was innocent of intentionally shooting his girfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
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Nel concludes Pistorius cross-examination

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Before ending his cross-examination, prosecutor Gerrie Nel questioned Oscar Pistorius over what he heard and did before he shot Reeva Steenkamp.
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Oscar trial: Pistorius didn’t look at Steenkamp

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Oscar Pistorius has told court he never looked at Reeva Steenkamp before he rushed to confront a suspected intruder.
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More to the Pistorius trial than facile ‘cricket’ commentary

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If the accused intended to kill A rather than B but did kill B, murder could be a competent verdict.
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Oscar trial: Connecting shots heard to ballistic analysis

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The prosecutor has attempted to align what witness Michelle Burger heard to a ballistic analyst's reconstruction of Reeva Steenkamp's last moments.
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João ‘Jan’ Rodrigues’ application for a stay of prosecution has been dismissed. He will stand trial for the 1971 murder of activist Ahmed Timol

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