POLOKWANE – Patel (30) was remanded in custody with no bail, until 11 and 12 October for a formal bail application and for further police investigations to take place.
Patel was arrested on Friday and charged with murder, after his mother was shot and killed in Nirvana on 19 September.
Read more: Rameez Patel charged with his mom’s murder
#RameezPatel will appear on two separate charges of murder this morning.
— Polokwane Review (@PolokwaneReview) October 2, 2017
Following his appearance in the Magistrate’s Court, Patel will then appear in the Polokwane High Court as the trial of his wife’s murder, which he stands accused for, continues.
Read more: ‘I didn’t kill my wife’ – Rameez Patel
The trial was postponed for a week to give Patel time to mourn the death of his mother.
Rameez Patel’s father, Firoz, was also shot and killed last year.
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