Durban – Protesters outside the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday called for “witchcrafters and murderers to be burnt alive”.
The words were written on a poster, displayed outside the court where six people, including three minors, appeared briefly for the murder of Desiree Murugan, whose decapitated body was found last month in Durban’s Shallcross Stadium.
Proceedings in courtroom C were held in camera with only the victim’s and the accused’s families, and journalists, allowed in.
The matter was adjourned to Wednesday for the six to appear in the Durban Regional Court when a date for a bail application would be set.
The three minors cannot be named and are being detained at the youth facility of Durban’s Westville prison.
Sivonkaliso Mbili, aged 32, and Vusumuzi Gumede, aged 30, are being detained at Westville prison.
The sixth accused, Falakhe Khumalo, was being held in the Chatsworth police station cells, prosecutor Lolly Soobramoney told the court.
“He is assisting police in the recovery of the murder weapon”, she said…
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