Eyewitness to testify that Coligny farmers murdered boy: IO
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A police officer investigating the alleged murder of a teenage boy in Coligny, North West, says an eyewitness will testify that the boy was in fact murdered by two farmers.
Brigadier Clifford Kgorane, who forms part of team investigating the death of Matlhomola Mosweu, testified during the accused's bail application yesterday that an eyewitness to the crime will testify that Mosweu was pushed from the farmer's bakkie, loaded back on the vehicle and thrown off again. He says the witness was also threatened at gunpoint by the two men warning him not to tell anyone what he saw.
Pieter Doorewaard, 26, and Philip Schutte, 34, appeared in the Coligny Magistrate’s Court for an urgent bail application. They each face a charge of murder.
Kgorane however testified that the men will face further charges.
Doorewaard and Schutte said in their affidavits that Mosweu jumped from their bakkie and broke his neck on April 20. He died on the way to hospital. There were no other witnesses, they said. Mosweu's death led to violent protests in the North West farming town last week, following rumours that he was killed in a racially-motivated attack. He was allegedly caught stealing sunflowers.
Brigadier Clifford Kgorane, who forms part of team investigating the death of Matlhomola Mosweu, testified during the accused's bail application yesterday that an eyewitness to the crime will testify that Mosweu was pushed from the farmer's bakkie, loaded back on the vehicle and thrown off again. He says the witness was also threatened at gunpoint by the two men warning him not to tell anyone what he saw.
Pieter Doorewaard, 26, and Philip Schutte, 34, appeared in the Coligny Magistrate’s Court for an urgent bail application. They each face a charge of murder.
Kgorane however testified that the men will face further charges.
Doorewaard and Schutte said in their affidavits that Mosweu jumped from their bakkie and broke his neck on April 20. He died on the way to hospital. There were no other witnesses, they said. Mosweu's death led to violent protests in the North West farming town last week, following rumours that he was killed in a racially-motivated attack. He was allegedly caught stealing sunflowers.
