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Convicted killer Carl Joe Abrahams, jailed for 20 years for his wife’s murder, is to petition the Eastern Cape judge president for leave to appeal his conviction.
Tears and screams of shock, relief and anguish filled the East London High Court as judge Michelle Beneke found Carl Abrahams guilty of killing his wife Angelique.
A forensic expert strongly believes that Angelique Clarke-Abrahams died due strangulation, even though the physical marks on her neck had vanished before the postmortem could be concluded. Dr Solomon Zondi, chief medical officer at Woodbrook, the East London government mortuary, made these revelations when he took stand at the East London high court on Friday.
The new lawyer of the man accused of killing and dismembering University of Fort Hare student Nosicelo Mtebeni in August has asked the court for time to study the docket and consult with his client Alutha Pasile.
The man accused of murdering and then dismembering his girlfriend, University of Fort Hare final year law student, Nosicelo Mtebeni, has reconsidered his decision to waive his right to legal representation.
On Thursday, presiding Judge Michelle Beneke began court proceedings by asking Pasile if he still stood by his previous decision, which he had indicated in the lower court, that he did not want legal representation.