In an unusual move, the Gqeberha high court will hear an application by the state to have a witness in a suspected gang-related murder case testify via closed-circut television (CCTV), months after she began giving evidence.
Notorious gang leader and convicted murderer Wendell Petersen was given a second bite at the cherry on Thursday when the Gqeberha high court granted him leave to appeal against his convictions.
Though he was not one of the shooters, convicted murderer Sibusiso Mchunu should be sentenced to life in prison for his role in a holdup at a Gqeberha bakery which culminated in a shoot-out that claimed the lives of a police officer and four robbers.
He ruled the northern areas with an iron fist, leaving pain and destruction in his wake, but on Thursday the gavel finally came down on notorious gang boss Wendell Petersen, when he was handed three life sentences.
Gqeberha gang kingpin and convicted murderer Wendell Petersen will have to wait three months to hear his fate after his sentencing was postponed on Thursday.