An application for the magistrate to call the investigating officer to the stand to give further insight into the investigation of the kidnapping of Bay biokineticist Riana Pretorius was dismissed in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Friday.
He was so evasive in his responses under cross-examination, that double murder accused Mkuseli Damaneti had to be warned by a judge to answer the questions put to him.
A man accused of murdering two elderly women at a Sunridge Park retirement village claims to have been tortured by the police, who allegedly threatened to dump him in the sea should he not spill the beans on his co-accused.
Alleged wife killer Arnold Terblanche will be spending another weekend in custody while his defence team finalises his replying affidavit in his ongoing battle for freedom.