Advocate Jakobus Venter, for one of the accused, Zachariah Olivier told the court that he was only able to consult with his client for the first time on Friday morning.
POLOKWANE - The bail application of the three men accused of murdering two women and dumping their bodies in a pigsty in Limpopo, did not go ahead on Friday.This on the back of the grisly discovery of Maria Makgato and Kudzai Lucia Ndlovu’s remains in a pigsty on Olivier’s farm in Sebayeng, outside Mankweng.They’ve been charged with multiple offences, including murdering Makgato and Ndlovu, and were scheduled to apply for bail in the Mankweng Magistrates Court on Friday.
"We are not ready to proceed. Seeing that it requires a formal bail application and as indicated now by my learned colleague it is an opposed application, I would like a proper opportunity firstly to further consult with my client and secondly just to have a proper opportunity to prepare and fill up the bail affidavit that I’ve already prepared for today."
Attornies Jodi Meyer and Chanel Brown, for Adriaan De Wet and William Musora, also made similar submissions and the case has now again been postponed, this time until 10 September, for the bail application of De Wet and Musora at least.This was largely refused, however, the court ordered that a statement contained therein that was made by Venter after his arrest be made available to him which the state is planning to appeal.
Whether or not it will be ready to proceed with his bail application on the 10th remains to be seen though. Court is back. Magistrate Arshad Chayya has ordered the state to provide Olivier with access to the statement he made. De Wet's been refused access to the docket "in general," though. The state has indicated it wants to appeal the decision in respect of Olivier.
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