SOLDIER FIT TO STAND TRIAL
A psychiatric evaluation has revealed that a soldier accused of shooting dead his two children and wounding his wife is fit to stand trial, the SABC reported on Monday.
This emerged in the Hoedspruit Periodical Court in Limpopo where SA National Defence Force (SANDF) member Philippus Jacobus Venter was appearing. The evaluation was done by the Mankweng hospital near Polokwane.
He faces two counts of murder, one of attempted murder and one of illegally possessing a rifle and ammunition. Venter is alleged to have opened fire on his family at the Hoedspruit military base in April.
At the time he was being investigated on allegations of rape and murder in Burundi, allegedly committed while he was part of a peacekeeping mission there. He is also facing charges in connection with this.
Venter was denied bail during his earlier appearance and is still in custody.
His case has been postponed to October 5.
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04 Septembre 2006 à 17:43 dans
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