The murder trial of JJ Peters will officially start in the Nelspruit Regional Court on January 30.
This decision was taken during his brief court appearance on January 11.
The defence and the state agreed that the case had passed all the due processes and they were ready to start the trial.
The provincial spokesperson for the National Prosecuting Authority, Monica Nyuswa, said Peters will be standing for his official trial in this case to determine whether he is guilty or not.
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“The defence and state have all of the paperwork in order. They are ready to start with the trial. He will then know his fate,” she said.
Peters has been in police custody for 11 months now after he had abandoned his bail application.
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He is accused of murdering his grandmother, Sannie Strydom Kilmister (68), on February 28, 2022. He had been sharing her house on a smallholding in the Cromdale area. She was found dead in her bedroom with various bruise marks on her neck and splashes of blood on her pillow.
