Quadruple murder case of Bouwer postponed to September 20
Bouwer stands accused of killing his parents Bettie (73) and Robert (78) Bouwer on January 22 at their house in Bredell.
The case against quadruple murder-accused Pomona businessman Anton Bouwer was postponed to September 20.
Bouwer appeared in the Kempton Park Regional Court on July 25.
In the application for a postponement, State prosecutor Ninette Lambden said the State was awaiting the finalisation of further evidence.
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She added that the State was also awaiting details of a criminal report from 2011 but declined to offer further details.
Lambden warned the court that a man had been attempting to threaten and bribe witnesses in the matter.
She added that this man pretends to be a lawyer and sometimes a private investigator, but he is neither.
Bouwer’s defence attorney, Hugo van der Westhuizen, dismissed the claims stating that it was the first that he had heard of attempts made to contact witnesses.
Lambden was adamant that she told Van der Westhuizen about the man but he stated that she should let him know if he contacts her again.
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Van der Westhuizen said that he struggles to communicate with Bouwer as he’s in Modderbee Prison.
He told the court that he doesn’t think that his client had anything to do with witnesses being threatened, however, he is deeply concerned about this.
Additionally, Van der Westhuizen stated that the investigating officer had involved himself with aspects not involved with the investigation, such as digging into Bouwer’s personal affairs.
Van der Westhuizen added that no progress had been made in the case and that his client had been imprisoned for six months already.
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Bouwer stands accused of killing his parents Bettie (73) and Robert (78) Bouwer on January 22 at their house in Bredell.
He is also accused of killing his stepdaughter Natasha Bouwer (22) and domestic worker Elizabeth Mahlangu (56) at a house in Fairleads, Benoni, on the same day.
Bouwer additionally faces one charge of attempted murder for the shooting of his wife, Adelle.
