COURT AWAITS SOLDIER'S PSYCHIATRIC REPORT
A psychiatric report on a soldier accused of shooting dead his two young children and wounding his wife is yet to be concluded, the Hoedspruit Periodical Court in Limpopo heard on Monday.
This led the court to postpone the case of South African Defence Force (SANDF) member Philippus Jacobus Venter to September 4, said prosecutor William Makwela.
On Thursday June 22, the case was postponed in Venter's absence after a doctor at Mankweng hospital near Polokwane requested a further 30 days to observe him.
Venter faces charges of murder, attempted murder and illegal possession of a rifle and ammunition. He is alleged to have opened fire on his family members at the Hoedspruit military base in April.
At the time, Venter was being investigated on allegations of rape and murder in Burundi, supposedly committed while he was part of a peacekeeping mission there.
He is also facing charges in connection with this and is currently in police custody after a Hoedspruit magistrate denied him bail.
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31 Juillet 2006 à 17:22 dans
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