THE State believes that more than R700 000 was looted from seven bank accounts belonging to British botanists Rod Saunders, 74, and his wife Rachel, 63, over four days in February 2018.
The search and seizure conducted at the Mtunzini home of the Isis-linked couple charged with the kidnapping and murder of Rachel and Rodney Saunders has come under scrutiny at the Durban high court.
A trolley porter at Waterloo Spar in Verulam, who often helped Sayfudeen Aslam Del Vecchio when he shopped at the supermarket, was the main witness in the Durban high court on Monday.
The state witness in the murder and kidnapping trial of well-known botanist Rodney Saunders and his wife Rachel, told the Durban high court about his reluctance to join the Islamic faith.
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