Richard Engelbrecht
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Security guard Richard Engelbrecht was on Wednesday given two life sentences — one for the rape of Mitchells Plain schoolgirl Annestacia Wiese and the second for murdering her by…
Guard persists in mental-health defence in Wiese trial
Security guard Richard Engelbrecht on Tuesday persisted in his defence of ”temporary, non-pathological criminal incapacity” due to his abuse of the drug tik as his trial for the…
Mental-health issue delays Wiese trial
The Annestacia Wiese murder trial was postponed on Tuesday for the Cape High Court to rule on an application that the Department of Health provide an expert to testify about the…
Annestacia trial proceeds behind closed doors
The Annestacia murder trial, involving accused Richard Engelbrecht, proceeded behind closed doors on Tuesday as the prosecutor presented the testimony of a pathologist.…
Mother ‘heartbroken’ after girl’s rape and murder
Janine Wiese, mother of slain 11-year-old Annestacia, wants her daughter’s alleged killer to remain in prison for the rest of his life, she told the Cape High Court on Monday.…
Guard pleads guilty to schoolgirl’s rape, murder
Security guard Richard Engelbrecht, who on Wednesday pleaded guilty in the Cape High Court to the rape and murder of Cape Flats schoolgirl Annestacia Wiese, alleges that police…