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Court sentences Jordaan to life imprisonment

The Pretoria High Court on Monday sentenced Andrew Jordaan to life imprisonment for the murder of seven-year-old Sheldean Human.

Prosecutor argues for heavy sentence for Jordaan

Two life sentences are an appropriate punishment for convicted murderer Andrew Jordaan, the Pretoria High Court heard on Friday.

Sheldean’s killer ‘a soft person who loves children’

Andrew Jordaan, the convicted killer of seven-year-old Sheldean Human, was described on Thursday both as a paedophile and someone too gentle to be a murderer.

Sentencing of Sheldean killer postponed

A hearing to consider arguments regarding the sentencing of Andrew Jordaan, convicted killer of seven-year-old Sheldean Human, was postponed in the Pretoria High Court on…

‘Liar’ Jordaan guilty of Sheldean murder

Andrew Jordaan took seven-year-old Sheldean Human to isolated bushes 500m from his home in a ”premeditated manner” to sexually assault and murder her, the Pretoria High Court…

Sheldean murder trial set for final argument

Murder accused Andrew Jordaan on Wednesday closed his case without calling any further witnesses to support his claims of innocence in the murder of seven-year-old Sheldean…

Sheldean murder accused: ‘I felt sorry for the child’

Murder accused Andrew Jordaan told the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday that he wept at the manhole near which the body of seven-year-old Sheldean Human was found because he ”felt…

Sheldean murder accused says he is innocent

Murder accused Andrew Jordaan on Monday admitted in the Pretoria High Court he smoked dagga and had a large porn collection, but denied he had a sexual interest in little girls,…

Sheldean murder trial: Judge rules on evidence

The man accused of killing seven-year-old Sheldean Human last year started crying when telling police how he strangled the child and dumped her body. Director Piet Byleveld and…

Sheldean murder accused takes the stand

The Pretoria High Court has ruled that a statement to police by the man accused of killing seven-year-old Sheldean Human was admissible as evidence. Acting Judge Chris Eksteen…

Sheldean trial: Cop denies accused’s claims of torture

A Hillbrow police captain on Friday flatly denied that he had at any stage tortured or coached Andrew Jordaan to tell police where the body of seven-year-old Sheldean Human could…

Top cop testifies in Sheldean murder trial

The body of seven-year-old Sheldean Human was found as a direct result of a statement to top cop Director Piet Byleveld, the Pretoria High Court heard on Thursday. Byleveld…

Eight-year-old takes stand in Sheldean murder trial

An eight-year-old girl allegedly molested by Andrew Jordaan, the man accused of murdering seven-year-old Sheldean Human, said he threatened to kill her if she told anyone about…

Eight-year-old testifies in Sheldean trial

An eight-year-old girl who was allegedly sexually abused for months by Andrew Jordaan, the man accused of murdering and raping Sheldean Human, on Wednesday took the stand behind…

Sheldean seen with alleged killer, court told

A neighbour of murdered seven-year-old Sheldean Human on Tuesday told the Pretoria High Court that she had seen the girl in the company of her alleged killer, Andrew Jordaan,…