Franziska Blöchliger

Two life sentences Franziska killer

Howard Oliver, who raped and murdered 16-year-old Franziska Blöchliger, has been sentenced to two life terms plus 15 years in jail in the Western Cape High Court. The sentence was handed down on Wednesday. Oliver, 28, was found guilty of raping and murdering the teen on March 7, 2016 while[…]

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Accused admits to murdering, raping Franziska

The man accused of murdering 16-year-old Franziska Blöchliger, on Tuesday in the Western Cape High Court admitted to killing her. Netwerk24 reported that Howard Oliver also admitted to raping her. Franziska was murdered and raped on March 7, 2016, in the Tokai Forest in Cape Town. She was also robbed[…]

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Alleged Tokai forest killer back in court

One of four men initially arrested for raping and killing teenager Franziska Blöchliger is expected to appear in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday. Howard Oliver, Jonathan Jonas, and two others originally faced charges of murder, rape and robbery for allegedly beating, raping, and strangling the 16-year-old in Tokai[…]

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Franziska murder ‘the most heinous I’ve seen in my career’

Four men accused of murdering teenager Franziska Blöchliger are due to appear at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The group is facing charges of murder, rape and robbery with aggravating circumstances. A post-mortem found that Franziska, 16, was strangled and suffocated and had sustained blunt-force trauma when she was[…]

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Franziska Blöchliger murder accused back in the dock

Four men accused of murdering teenager Franziska Blöchliger are due to appear at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The four are facing charges of murder, rape and robbery with aggravating circumstances. A post-mortem found that Franziska, 16, was strangled and suffocated and had sustained blunt-force trauma when she was[…]

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Tokai murder: Two granted bail

Bail was granted to two of the accused in the rape and murder case of Cape Town teen Franziska Blöchliger by the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Friday. In the afternoon sitting at the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court, Magistrate Hafiza Mohamed said exceptional circumstances – which are required in bail applications related[…]

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Sand stuffed down Franziska’s throat

Loud applause greeted a prosecutor’s demand on Thursday that four men accused of the rape, murder and robbery of a teenager in Tokai Forest in Cape Town, be denied bail. There were also gasps in the public gallery when prosecutor Rene Uys told the court that 16-year-old Franziska Blochliger died[…]

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Bail application for accused in Tokai murder case

Three men accused of the rape and murder of 16-year-old Franziska Blöchliger are expected to apply for bail in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Thursday. The teenager’s body was found in Tokai forest on March 7. She had arranged to meet her mother after going for a jog, but when[…]

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Tokai murder accused apply for bail

The four men charged with killing Franziska Blöchliger in the Tokai Forest in Cape Town, are expected to formally apply for bail in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The body of Blöchliger, 16, was found in Tokai Forest on March 7. The teen had been robbed of her iPhone,[…]

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Four to appear on charges linked to Tokai murder

Four people linked to the attack on teenager, Franziska Blöchliger, are expected to make their first appearance in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Friday. Three men, in their twenties, are facing charges of murder and also the possibility of more charges being added at a later stage, said Western Cape[…]

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