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Following a failed appeal, convicted fraudster and former metro spin doctor Roland Williams is back behind bars after handing himself over to the clerk of the court on Wednesday.

The trial of two men accused of being involved in a foiled cash-in-transit heist is expected to get under way next week.

In a shock turn of events, the state has called for the recusal of the magistrate presiding over the bail application of alleged wife killer Arnold Terblanche, arguing that perceptions of bias could result if he continued to officiate the matter.

It could be former Nelson Mandela Bay municipal spin doctor Roland Williams’ last weekend of freedom after he lost his appeal on Thursday to have his four-year suspended prison sentence deferred.

Nestled in idyllic surroundings where perfectly manicured properties line the streets is a house of horrors where faeces, filthy birdcages and dirty dishes befoul almost every space.

A Gqeberha man who allegedly stabbed his mother to death before setting her flat in Central on fire made a brief appearance in the city’s magistrates court on Thursday.

Alleged wife killer Arnold Terblanche has unveiled the identity of “Mr A” as a former police officer who was apparently trained under the apartheid police in Vlakplaas.

Le Bon bakery murder accused Sibusiso Mchunu’s alibi, that he was with his father, has raised further suspicions about his whereabouts on the day of the attempted robbery after it was alleged that his father was nowhere near the scene of the incident.

Labelled a cesspit with crumbling walls and floors, and no lighting or ventilation, a building in Richmond Hill, raided by the police at the weekend, has highlighted the rampant and unchallenged decay of the area.

An absent magistrate and unsigned documents saw suspected wife killer Arnold Terblanche’s bail bid based on new facts postponed again on Monday.