22-year-old Marthinus Pelser, accused of murdering his six-month-old baby son, is to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court.
More members of the support group ‘Justice for Baby Deon’ are in court today, wearing T-shirts displaying the group’s name.
Tweets from inside court:
–Â Petition to not grant bail has to this moment gotten 1650 signatures
–Â Huge contingent in court in support of baby Pelser
–Â More supporters have just arrived in court
–Â Accused taking the stand
– Cross questioning of investigating officer
–Â When Pelser arrived at the police station, the investigating officer was not there
–Â Accused had no previous offences
–Â The accused seems to never have fleed any scenes in the past
–Â Investigating officer did not research whether or not the accused had a passport
–Â Accused’s attorney asking if the investigating officer knows that a suspect can be tagged
–Â Accused can be tagged if released on bail to know his exact location at any time
–Â Investigating officer will not support this
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