A judge has ruled witness testimony in a murder case was so contradictory it appeared as if both people testifying appeared to be "on different planets".
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Leon Coetzee appeared in the Pretoria North Magistrate's Court, where the State asked for another postponement in order to get a high court date to have the matter transferred.
Leon Coetzee is accused of stabbing Thembinkosi Thabethe to death.
Coetzee alleged that Thabethe was the aggressor, and that he acted in self-defence.
The State says Coetzee ran after Thabethe, who was then stabbed while lying helplessly on the ground.
The family of Thembinkosi Thabethe, who died after being stabbed at a security estate in April, are happy that the man accused of his murder, Leon Coetzee, has been denied bail.
Thabethe will be buried in Mpumalanga on Saturday.
Coetzee, who faces a charge of murder, was denied bail by the Pretoria North Magistrate s Court on Friday.
Coetzee is accused of stabbing Thabethe three times outside his house in Green Acres Estate, in Montana, on 26 April.