Bail application in Lotter case
2008-11-07 12:03
Durban - Press were initially barred on Friday from covering the bail application of a 22-year old who is accused of participating in the murder of his 26-year-old girlfriend's parents.
Matthew Naidoo, his girlfriend Nicolette Lotter, 26, and her brother Hardus, 20, are accused of murdering Johannes and Magdalena Lotter.
Before proceedings kicked off in the regional court, members of the press were removed from the court room.
A court orderly, who would only identify himself as Inspector Paton, said that only family members were allowed to be in court.
It was not until a formal complaint was lodged with the Pinetown Magistrate's Court's control prosecutor that the press - along with family members - were allowed into the court room.
- SAPA