Leon Coetzee is accused of stabbing Thembinkosi Thabethe to death. Coetzee alleged that Thabethe was the aggressor, and that he acted in self-defence. The State says Coetzee ran after Thabethe, who was then stabbed while lying helplessly on the ground. The family of Thembinkosi Thabethe, who died after being stabbed at a security estate in April, are happy that the man accused of his murder, Leon Coetzee, has been denied bail. Thabethe will be buried in Mpumalanga on Saturday. Coetzee, who faces a charge of murder, was denied bail by the Pretoria North Magistrate's Court on Friday. Coetzee is accused of stabbing Thabethe three times outside his house in Green Acres Estate, in Montana, on 26 April.