âââ LUCKY NKUYANE 06:34 Wed, 16 Dec 2020
The state s laboratory is continuing to analyse the DNA sample taken from one of Brendin Horner s murder accused.
This was according to the state prosecutor during yesterday s appeal by first accused Sekwetje Mahlambi in the Free State High Court.
The State informed Judge Celeste Reinders during the appeal that the analysis of the bloodied trousers, which where confiscated at Mahlambi s home in Fateng Tse-Ntsho in Paul Roux near Senekeal, was still in progress.
This, as Mahlambi s legal representative, Advocate Joseph Kgoelenya, appealed against Senekal Magistrate Deon Van Rooyen s decision to refuse his client bail in October - after the latter was arrested for murder and robbery alongside co-accused Sekola Matlaletsa.
âââ LUCKY NKUYANE 09:39 Tue, 15 Dec 2020 Brendin Horner
One of the men accused of murdering young farm manager Bredin Horner (21) is due in Free State High Court this morning to challenge his bail refusal by the Senekal Magistrate s Court in October.
Advocate Joseph Kgoelenya, who is representing the first accused in the murder, Sekwetje Mahlamba s (32), will ask the High Court judge to set aside Magistrate s Deon Van Rooyen s decision to refuse Mahlamba bail.
Kgoelenya is also set to argue that the evidence against Mahlamba is weak and circumstantial.
This, as DNA samples taken from Horner s bakkie could not be linked to the accused. Police previously indicated that it could take up to 6 months to obtain results from blood samples taken from Mahlamba s bloodied trousers.