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The court on Friday found that no exceptional circumstances were permitting the accused's release on bail in the interest of justice, sending him back to prison while he awaits his trial.
The 34-year-old English teacher was, according to the State, raped and murdered at an organised running event in Sandton in October. She was three months pregnant at the time.
Magistrate Syta Prinsloo said she believed the student accused of the teacher's murder and rape didn't flee the province because he thought all evidence linking him to the crime had been destroyed.
The Johannesburg teacher was attacked during a MyRun event at the George Lea Park in Sandton in October, where her body was found naked in a secluded area of the park afterwards.