One of the country’s most notorious murderers, Knysna DJ Heinrich van Rooyen, has allegedly been running a business, operating a YouTube channel and updating his LinkedIn page all from inside his prison cell.
Murder accused Johnny Baartman appeared in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Thursday via a closed circuit television link-up and the case was postponed for further investigation.
A convicted murderer from Kariega who went on to teach at a Bethelsdorp school before becoming a principal in the Free State, was demoted and suspended without pay for three months after he failed to disclose his criminal record.
Gqeberha mother Vicki Terbanche Terblanche was the one ultimately killed, but the state believes in the months leading up to her death she conspired with her boyfriend to have her estranged husband murdered.
A decision by the defence to alleviate the pressure on the magistrate hearing alleged wife killer Arnold Terblanche’s bail application based on new facts resulted in the matter being postponed to Friday.