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It has become a question of who knows the law best in the bail application of alleged wife killer Arnold Terblanche as the defence and state continued to argue the matter in the magistrate's court in Gqeberha.

A desperate attempt at taking a second bite of the cherry — this is how alleged wife killer Arnold Terblanche’s latest bail attempt was described by state advocate Marius Stander on Tuesday.

Taking a swipe at the prosecution and the police, defence attorney Alwyn Griebenow claimed the state misled the court on what evidence it had during alleged wife killer Arnold Terblanche’s first bid for bail. As proceedings in Terblanche’s third bail application continued on Wednesday, Griebenow argued that some evidence had been made available to the defence only after his client’s first application was dismissed, and this alone should be viewed as new facts.

As alleged wife killer Arnold Terblanche appeared in court for his third bid for freedom on Tuesday, the state indicated that it would oppose the application for bail based on new facts, because it did not believe new facts existed.

As alleged wife killer Arnold Terblanche brought an application for bail based on new facts to the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Thursday, the state argued that his arguments were merely an expansion of evidence led during his initial bail bid.