The court case in which a man is accused of the attempted murder of another man near Sonpark has been postponed to January 25.
Lowvelder previously reported on the incident after speaking to the victim, Rickus Kitchen (22).
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Kitchen’s abdomen was slashed open during the early hours of November 10, landing him in hospital with a cut he and his family estimated to be around 15cm deep. They said his liver was visible.
The man arrested for the incident, Petresco Jardim (24), was taken into custody the same day and appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on November 14.
He was released on bail of R3 000.
The case was heard on December 12 and was postponed for further investigation, as well as the hospital file and an additional witness statement being outstanding.
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