The man accused of murdering and raping 8-year-old Tazne van Wyk from Ravensmead, Cape Town, was slapped with 20 charges in the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court on Monday.
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Tazne was last seen on February 7, 2020, when she left her Clare Street home to buy a sweet just metres from her house. The accused was arrested on February 17 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, and Tazne’s body was found on February 19 along the N1 highway outside Worcester in the direction of De Doorns.President Cyril Ramaphosa visited the family and offered his condolences. He also apologised for the government's failure in releasing the accused on parole.
“A post-mortem examination done on the body of the deceased concluded that the cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head, neck and chest ,” part of the indictment read.
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