Klopperpark murder case to move to Hight Court
Before the case was postponed Botha’s legal representative informed the court that she provisionally abandoned her bail application.
The court case against the two accused facing charges for the murder of Chevonne Rusch was remanded.
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The case, which was heard in Germiston Magistrate’s Court on September 13, was postponed to November 6 to allow for further investigation by the State.
Mother of the two-year-old girl Rochelle Botha made her third appearance while Cornelius Stefan van Niekerk made his fourth appearance.
The accused duo appeared together in the dock of D court at Germiston Magistrate’s Court.
Accused number one, van Niekerk, faces charges of murder while accused number two, Botha, faces charges of murder of a minor, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and rape of a minor.
Before the case was postponed Botha’s legal representative informed the court that she provisionally abandoned her bail application.
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In light of this, the prosecution requested that the case be remanded to allow for further investigation.
It went on to inform the court that the matter would proceed to the High Court.
Information that the prosecution said it is waiting for includes the post-mortem report, DNA results of the deceased and two other minor children and cellphones.
The magistrate informed Botha and van Niekerk that once investigations are completed an indictment would be prepared by the director of public prosecutions.
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Although Botha and van Niekerk had provisionally abandoned their bail applications the magistrate reminded them that they retain the right to apply for bail applications.
Following the postponement, van Niekerk and Botha will remain in custody. The bail was not set.
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