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Convicted child killer Melvin Volkwyn has lodged an application to appeal his conviction, charging that the High Court had 'misdirected' in finding that he had murdered one-year-old Orderick Lucas.
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State calls on murdered Orderickâs parents to testify
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THE State has applied to reopen its case in the murder trial against Melvin Volkwyn, for the sole purpose of clarifying new evidence brought about by the defence.
The defence closed their case at the Western Cape High Court on Thursday before the State requested the court to call the mother and father of slain toddler, Orderick Lucas.
This is to deal with evidence which implied that the childâs mother Davidene Lucas had the toddler with her the night before he disappeared.
However, state prosecutor Mornay Julius, when requesting the court to call the witnesses to court, had initially not done so under the correct section of the Criminal Procedure Act, the court heard.
Court hears case of toddler found dead and tortured with teeth extracted using pliers
Based on medical records, he suffered from malnutrition and had ulcers on his genitals, as well as his mouth.
February 25, 2021 10:21 GMT
A South African court started hearing evidence on the medical history of Orderick Lucas, the toddler who was discovered dead in a storm drain more than a year ago with all of his teeth ripped out using pliers. Kids who were looking for a lost ball stumbled upon the ghastly sight of the toddler s decomposing and maggot-filled body.
Investigators said that the 22-month-old toddler s body was so severely decomposed that it was hard to determine the cause of death. The Sun reported that local authorities investigating the case said that Lucas teeth appear to have been ripped out using pliers days before his death.