4 abandon bail bid in panga murder
2013-03-15 11:32
Cape Town - Four men accused of hacking a woman to death
with a panga have abandoned their bail application in a Cape Town court, it was
reported on Friday.
The Cape Argus reported that Marlon van Wyk, 25, Sharif
Padayachee, 22, Ricardo Williams, 23, and Jerome Januarie, 28, appeared briefly
in the Vredenburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
They are accused of killing Sinodia Schutt, 32, on 26 February
by smashing her jaw and hacking her with a panga several times.
The court heard that DNA results were still outstanding and
that the men would apply for bail at a later stage.
Schutt's mother Christie told the newspaper that Padayachee
had previously lived with her daughter and that she had struggled for more than
a year to get him out of the house.
Her daughter's house had also been petrol-bombed.
"I'm not afraid of them," Schutt said.
The case was postponed until 15 May for further
investigation.
- SAPA
