The elderly man who allegedly assaulted a five-year-old boy over a prank at Willowdene Village social housing complex in Fairview has died after being taken into custody at St Albans correctional centre.
Gqeberha police arrested a murder and an attempted murder suspect in separate incidents at the weekend in Bethelsdorp and the Gro-Gro informal settlement respectively.
Five men charged with the murders of nine people and the attempted murder of another, appeared in the KwaNobuhle Magistrate’s Court on Monday, where their case was postponed to October 24.
A senior correctional services official who allegedly introduced murder accused Arnold Terblanche to a man pretending to be a high-ranking police officer to help with his legal woes is on “alternative placement” pending an internal investigation.
Growing impatient from behind bars at St Albans Prison where he has spent the past four months waiting for a parole hearing, convicted killer Oscar Pistorius will now approach the high court in Pretoria for assistance.