Sizwe Brian Noruwana (20) was arrested this week in connection with the murder of Leon Badenhorst (59), who was found dead in his Margate home last Friday.
Noruwana, of Gcilima, appeared in the Ramsgate Magistrate’s Court this week. The case was postponed to December 17.
A 43-year-old woman has also been implicated in a conspiracy to murder Badenhorst.
She is believed to have been an acquaintance of his, and had stayed with him and his father before she was asked to leave.
Badenhorst was discovered dead in his bed by his 85-year-old father, Frans.
Police spokesman, Captain Gerald Mfeka, said that when police arrived at the scene they found Badenhorst covered with a blanket and lying in a pool of blood.
“He had an open wound from his forehead down to his eye, and his throat had been cut with a sharp object,” he said.
Badenhorst’s aunt, Ruida Adams, said the incident was a huge shock to the family.
“Leon was a free-spirited, nice person who didn’t deserve to die like this…
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