The bail application of the wife of the man dubbed the “Springs monster” will be finalised on Friday in Springs Regional Court Two.
She once again appeared on Wednesday before magistrate Bennita Oswell in her bail application hearing.
With tears, she sat bent over to shield herself from the TV cameras and photographers that captured every move she made.
Two more people, a mother and daughter, with whom she is currently staying in a caravan in their backyard testified in favour of the mother’s application.
They both testified that they will accommodate the mother as long as it is necessary for her to stay with them.
Both were present when the investigating officer, Rudi Jansen arrived at their house with a statement the mother had to sign and when the mother refused to do so he said he had to arrest her.
He came back the same day to arrest her.
This mother and daughter described the mother as someone that easily got scared and intimidated and cannot read nor write.
It was so severe that their seven-year-old child had to help the mother to send SMSes.
Under the cross-examining of the state prosecutor, Lynton Daries, the mother of the family denied that she intimidated the “monster’s” wife and acquired her a lawyer.
Daries felt it was strange as the “monster’s” wife was still a state witness three days before she moved to their house.
In Daries’ arguments of not granting bail, he said it was in the interest of justice that she stayed behind bars.
Although a children’s court order hindered her from seeing the children, all the state witnesses are known to her and she will have access to her husband.
He also said the magistrate had to keep in mind that she previously concealed evidence from the police and that it was testified more than once in the bail application hearing the mother cannot make her own decisions.
Isabella van Eck, the mother’s lawyer, requested that the mother be granted bail with conditions, as she felt that was in the interest of justice.
“She does not have the strength of character to become a fugitive.”
Van Eck requested the magistrate to take into consideration that many newspapers and social media sites already decided that the mother is guilty.
With this she read out some derogatory statements posted in the social media and online.
Van Eck said the mother was already very scared and needed her wonderful set of friends and family around her.
Read more about the previous evidence in this application.
