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Patel back in court

The Limpopo businessman accused of murdering his wife was expected back in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. During his last appearance, Rameez Patel was granted bail of R250 000. At the time, Magistrate Mohammed Shaik said exceptional circumstances, namely that the couple’s children needed to be looked after, justified[…]

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Sithole murder trial to begin

The trial of three youths and a minor alleged to have murdered Mozambican national Emmanuel Sithole was set to start in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Mthinta Bhengu, Sizwe Mngomezulu, Sifundi Mzimzela and the minor were alleged to have stabbed Sithole in the streets of Alexandra on April 18.[…]

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Three Worcester gangsters get life for murder

Three gang members in their twenties received life imprisonment on Thursday morning for killing two men last year. A fourth member received 20 years in jail for his role in the murders. “There is no doubt that criminals like yourselves, who have been convicted of very serious crimes, must be[…]

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Baby Jordan’s grandpa hails parole denial

Mere days after the tenth anniversary of the murder of baby Jordan Leigh Norton, two of the infant’s murderers’ parole applications were denied. A year after first being informed of the two inmates’ bid for freedom after serving two thirds of their sentence, the Norton family say they can finally[…]

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Baby Jordan killers to make bid for parole

The two men jailed for killing six-month-old baby Jordan-Leigh Norton are expected to apply for parole in the Paarl Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday. The two, Zanethemba Gwada and Bonginkosi Sigenu, together with mastermind Dina Rodrigues, Sipho Mfazwe, and Mongezi Bobotyane were found guilty of the baby’s 2005 murder in a[…]

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Pistorius family, coach mum on house arrest

Oscar Pistorius’s family is keeping mum following confirmation that the convicted Paralympian would be placed under correctional supervision in two months’ time. “The family is not planning to comment on any issues relating to the parole as reported in the media,” family spokesperson Anneliese Burgess told News24 in an e-mail[…]

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Panayiotou to hear whether he gets bail

Murder-accused Christopher Panayiotou is expected to hear in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court on Friday whether he will be granted bail. Magistrate Abigail Beeton said she had hoped to hand down judgment on Thursday and had a draft order for his bail application ready. However, she said she wanted one[…]

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Alleged wife killer to hear fate in bail application

Limpopo businessman Rameez Patel will know his fate on Tuesday as Magistrate Mohammed Shaik is set to deliver his verdict on Patel’s bail application. Patel, 29, has already spent 46 days in police cells. He has been seeking to be released on bail since his arrest for the alleged murder[…]

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Panayiotou back in the cells, awaits bail judgement

Christopher Panayiotou will have to spend another weekend in the St Albans holding cells as he waits for the outcome of his bail application. Magistrate Abigail Beeton on Wednesday postpones the case to June 4, when she will hand down her judgment on whether Panayiotou would be granted bail. Panayiotou,[…]

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