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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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/ 2 December 2008
Najwa Petersen and two of her co-accused have been found guilty of the December 2006 murder of her entertainer husband, Taliep.
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/ 1 December 2008
A German mother was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for killing two of her babies, whose bodies she stashed in the family freezer.
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/ 1 December 2008
On Monday, a judge repeatedly cast doubt on Najwa Petersen’s version of the events surrounding the murder of her husband, Taliep.
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/ 1 December 2008
The state notched up an important victory in the Najwa Petersen trial on Monday when a key witness was found to have been ”frank” in his testimony.
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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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/ 24 November 2008
Three headless bodies were found in a man’s house in Engcobo on Monday, Eastern Cape police said.
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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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/ 19 November 2008
Skierlik murder accused Johan Nel deserves a sentence of between 20 and 25 years, a psychologist told a court on Wednesday.
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/ 17 November 2008
Skierlik murder accused Johan Nel pleaded guilty to four charges of murder and 11 charges of attempted murder on Monday, North West police said.
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/ 11 November 2008
A 22-year-old man accused of helping his girlfriend and her brother to murder her parents was denied bail in the Pinetown Regional Court on Tuesday.
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/ 10 November 2008
Two Mozambicans who murdered BMW manager Manie Maritz at his Constantia Park home in July last year were on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment.
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/ 6 November 2008
A 24-year-old woman was arrested for murder in Katlehong. The woman allegedly shot dead her boyfriend, a metro police office, after an argument.
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/ 29 October 2008
The remaining seven accused in the Jeppestown massacre trial will hear their fate on Thursday.
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/ 28 October 2008
Clive Derby-Lewis, killer of former SACP leader Chris Hani, is expected to apply for parole in the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday.
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/ 27 October 2008
Two of the 13 accused in the Jeppestown massacre trial were found guilty in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday.
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/ 27 October 2008
A 14-year-old boy from Umzimkulu in KwaZulu-Natal has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for raping and murdering a six-year-old girl.
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/ 27 October 2008
Glenn Agliotti’s murder trial was moved to the Johannesburg High Court from the regional court, SABC news reported on Monday.
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/ 24 October 2008
The 18-year-old pupil who allegedly killed a fellow schoolboy with a sword was declared fit to stand trial by a court on Friday.
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/ 22 October 2008
Judgement in the Taliep Petersen murder trial will be handed down on December 1, Cape High Court Judge Siraj Desai said on Wednesday.
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/ 21 October 2008
More details of the Jeppestown massacre were unveiled in the Johannesburg High Court on Monday as the judge recounted witness statements.
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/ 20 October 2008
State witness Fahiem Hendricks, not Najwa Petersen, was the mastermind behind the murder of Taliep Petersen, the Cape High Court heard on Monday.
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/ 20 October 2008
Najwa Petersen’s version of events on the night of the murder of her husband, Taliep, was riddled with improbabilities, the Cape High Court hears.
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/ 17 October 2008
A 23-year-old man, accused of committing a series of violent robberies and murders, on Friday appeared court wearing a Springbok rugby jersey.
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/ 16 October 2008
Judgement is expected next week in the trial of two Soshanguve men who allegedly shot dead BMW manager Manie Maritz in Pretoria in July last year.
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/ 15 October 2008
A Durban man described by his co-accused as the ”Son of God” was behind the planning of the Lotter murders, a court heard on Wednesday.
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/ 14 October 2008
No one deserved to die the way Kathy Odendaal was killed in her home in Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria, last year, the Pretoria High Court heard on Tuesday.
A police director on Thursday told the Cape High Court of traumatic events involving a senior officer who allegedly shot dead his three children.
Parole has been recommended for Clive Derby-Lewis, convicted of killing former SACP leader Chris Hani, his attorney said on Thursday.
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/ 21 September 2008
Mark Arnold, the man being held by Dubai police in connection with the disappearance of South African Kerry Winter, told a UK paper that he beat her.
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/ 20 September 2008
A 41-year-old police officer shot and killed four family members before turning the gun on himself in Bloemfontein.