Jerome ‘Donkie’ Booysen, alleged leader of the Sexy Boys gang, and Mark Lifman are the main accused in the murder trial, which began on Monday in Cape Town.
Booysen and his co-accused made a brief in the Western Cape High Court on Friday morning where Judge Robert Henney lambasted the State for enrolling two trials involving the accused at the same time.
Cape Town businessman Mark Lifman told the Western Cape High Court he would return to stand trial if allowed to travel to Turkey and Dubai for business.
The case could shed further light on the taxi violence that recently gripped the Western Cape as the accused are linked to the taxi industry and allegedly murdered two people who were transporting farmworkers. The case also highlights the Western Cape Division of High Court’s ongoing backlogs..