Guatemalan murder-accused Diego Dougherty Novella must urgently be placed in a psychiatric hospital, the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court heard on Monday. His lawyer William Booth brought an application for a referral to such a hospital, based on a provisional report written up by psychiatrist Tuviah Zabow. “He does say in[…]
Cabinet has called on members of the public to help police track down cop killers. “The law-enforcement agencies are working round the clock to ensure all the perpetrators of these criminal acts are apprehended. “Cabinet continues to condemn the senseless killing of police officers. Cabinet calls on members of public[…]
A man who shot dead a reporter and a cameraman for WDBJ7, a local CBS affiliate, live on air in the US state of Virginia has died of a self-inflicted wound in hospital. Franklin County sheriff, Bill Overton, told a news conference on Wednesday that the suspect had died at[…]
The murder of a commuter on an early morning Cape Town train is under investigation, police confirmed on Wednesday. A train conductor is understood to have found the body of a man in a carriage at 05:00 on Wednesday morning. Police spokesperson Constable Noloyiso Rwexana confirmed the murder. “An unidentified[…]
The State believes Guatemalan Diego Dougherty Novella assaulted and inflicted fatal injuries on an American businesswoman he was apparently sharing a hotel room with in Camps Bay. It also alleged that when police officers asked him last month where 39-year-old marketing executive Gabriela Kabrins Alban was, Novella told them she[…]
Media houses will not be permitted to televise or take photos of a Guatemalan murder-accused because the police investigation is still at a very sensitive stage, a court ruled on Monday. E.Sat (eNCA) and Times Media had applied last week for greater media access in 42-year-old Diego Dougherty Novella’s case[…]
Marina Marco, the aunt of murdered Chad Baron, shook her head in frustration as one of the men accused of Baron’s murder waved at his mother, mouthing “I love you”. This as murder accused Warren Challen made his way to the holding cells at the Mitchell’s Plain Magistrate’s court on[…]
Only one of the three suspects accused of the kidnapping and murder of a Strandfontein man is continuing his application to be released on bail. Romano Jenniker and Warren Challen, two of the three men arrested for the brutal murder of 26-year-old Chad Baron, appeared before Magistrate Walter Golding in[…]
Family members of a Guatemalan man accused of killing his girlfriend in Camps Bay say that he distanced himself from them about a year ago. Diego Dougherty Novella, 41, appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday on charges of killing American marketing executive Gabriela Kabrins Alban. His brother[…]
Two media houses are set to apply to the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Friday for permission to take photos and videos of a Guatemalan man accused of killing American marketing executive Gabriela Kabrins Alban. The courtroom was packed with journalists as Magistrate Grant Engel asked Diego Novella’s lawyer whether[…]
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