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After two failed pretrial conferences in the Western Cape High Court to ensure that all documents relating to the case were in order and legal representations sorted out, a trial date for murder accused Moyhdian Pangarker has not been set. On Wednesday, the pre-trial conference was postponed to 19 March due to the unavailability of Pangarker’s legal representative. However, despite the delays Pangarker will get his day in the dock where he will plead to the 20 charges he faces. These include the murder of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk in February 2020, 11 counts of rape, three counts of comm...

Tammy Petersen, News24 Orderick Lucas' four lower teeth had allegedly been extracted with pliers. According to his medical records, he had an array of ailments in the months leading up to his death. The little boy's birth had also not been registered. Malnutrition, ulcers on his genitals and mouth, a broken arm and septic sores – these were among the ailments for which young Orderick Lucas was treated in the less than two years he was alive. The little boy's medical history was entered into the record on day 2 of the murder trial of Melvyn Volkwyn, a friend of Orderick's mother, Davidene, i...

Orderick Lucas. (Supplied) Melvyn Volkwyn pleaded not guilty to the murder of Orderick Lucas in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. The one-year-old was found dead in a stormwater drain two years ago. Volkwyn was a friend of Orderick's mother, Davidene. He gave the little boy back to his mother - this was the only explanation given by child murder accused Melvyn Volkwyn when his trial for the murder of one-year-old Orderick Lucas commenced in the Western Cape High Court on Monday. Volkwyn and his former friend Davidene Lucas faced off on Day 1 of proceedings, with Lucas...