GEORGE NEWS - Judgement on the bail application of four of the five suspects accused of the murder of Denzil Fortuin (42) from Pacaltsdorp in December last year, has been scheduled for Friday 10 February.
It is alleged that the attackers in two vehicles, a silver and a black BMW, stopped at a house on the corner of Houtkapper and Protea streets in Andersonville, Pacaltsdorp, and fired several shots at the deceased on Sunday 4 December.
All five accused in the case, Wele Tom (38), Simphiwe Harmans (30), Kuzokuhle Dyandyi (29), Sibongile Maseti (28) and Darryl Johnson (43), appeared in the George Magistrate's Court for completion of the bail application of four of the accused on Tuesday 31 January.
Bail was opposed by the state. The fifth accused, Johnson, did not bring a bail application.
Tom, Harmans, Dyandyi and Maseti, all from Them-balethu, were arrested in Mission Street, Pacaltsdorp, in a black BMW shortly after the shooting.
No firearms were found in the vehicle with the suspects, and it is believed that the weapons used in the attack were in the second vehicle.
Johnson was arrested on Wednesday 7 December.
A silver BMW parked in the CBD was also seized. The accused all face charges of murder, assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm and kidnapping after Fortuin and another victim were brutally assaulted and Fortuin shot to death.
Eric Mtyhobile is for the state, the accused are represented by Zukile Mqulo and the case serves in front of Magistrate Thiloshnie Govender.
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