The case against a senior cop accused of receiving R500 000 from Shepherd Bushiri and using it as a bribe to have rape charges against her husband dropped is ready for trial.
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An 18-year-old girl has been accused of conspiring to murder her former boyfriend who allegedly assaulted their baby.
It is alleged the teen tried to hire a prisoner to kill the 28-year-old man who was in custody at Kgosi Mampuru II Prison at the time.
According to the State, the father allegedly assaulted the four-month-old baby so badly that he had a broken femur and ribs.
The case against a teenage girl from Pretoria, who stands accused of conspiring to murder her former boyfriend after he allegedly assaulted their baby, has been postponed after her legal representative failed to appear in court.
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.
Leon Coetzee, the man accused of murdering Thembinkosi Thabethe, following an uproar because of a WhatsApp message, said he acted in self-defence.
Coetzee, 55, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate s Court on Wednesday, where he applied for bail.
It is alleged that, on 26 April, Coetzee stabbed Thabethe three times outside his home in Green Acres Estate in Montana, Pretoria.
According to the State, Thabethe went to Coetzee s house to confront his wife after a screengrab of a message addressed to her was shared on the estate s WhatsApp group.
The events which culminated in the murder of Thembinkosi Thabethe allegedly by a man who lived in the same estate were sparked by a WhatsApp message addressed to the accused's wife.
Alleged crime
According to the charge sheet, the accused has been charged with two counts of rape and two counts of kidnapping.
On 20 November, the accused allegedly picked up the victims, aged 11 and 13, from Lotus Gardens in Atteridgeville, took them to a liquor store in Pretoria West, and then made his way to the Tshwane CBD, where he rented a hotel room.
There, it is alleged he raped both victims.
The youngest of the victims then managed to escape and alerted hotel security, the police said at the time.
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The police were alerted, and he was subsequently arrested. During his first court appearance, the accused told the court he did not want to waste the court s time and wanted to plead guilty to the charges.