Huddled in small courtrooms where suspected criminals appear for various charges, members of the public, lawyers and prosecutors are forced to sit in the stifling heat with no air-conditioning and minimal ventilation.
Health and safety risks at the magistrate’s court building in Kariega abound, with collapsing ceiling panels, wet floors after rains, broken windows and signs falling from the roof.
Garden service worker admits killing client, claims sexual liaison Family described victim as a devout Christian 04 February 2021 - 12:55 By TimesLIVE Ralton Koetaan has pleaded guilty to murdering a Port Elizabeth man. Image: NPA
A few months into an alleged sex-for-cash relationship, a Port Elizabeth man murdered and robbed his elderly client.
The Port Elizabeth High Court on Wednesday convicted Ralton Koetaan, 34, of killing Jean Lombard, 69.
Anelisa Ngcakani, the NPA s Eastern Cape spokesperson, said Koetaan was convicted after he pleaded guilty to the April 2019 murder.
Lombard, who had retired after working in administration at SAA, stayed alone at Hokaai Farm, a smallholding on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth.