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The couple were charged in connection with the murder of Horner, 21, whose body was discovered tied to a pole earlier this month in Paul Roux.
FILE: Sekola Matlaletsa and Sekwetje Mahlamba, the two suspects charged in the murder of Brendin Horner, appear before Senekal Magistrates Court on October 16, 2020. Image: Abigail Javier / EWN
SENEKAL – Two men accused of killing Free State farm manager Brendin Horner are expected to find out Thursday what the Senekal Magistrates Court has decided regarding their bail request.
The couple were charged in connection with the murder of Horner, 21, whose body was discovered tied to a pole earlier this month in Paul Roux.
The State cited, among others, the defendants’ previous friction with the law, as well as their proximity to the border with Lesotho, as reasons for denying them bail for fear that they might escape.
Despite the fact that prosecutors admitted that the DNA found on Horner’s car did not match that of one of the defendants, they still relied on a strong case.
The State relied on other evidence, including the bloody pair of jeans found at Sekwetje Mahlamba’s home. He claims that he was killing a sheep.
Mahlamba and his co-defendant Sekola Matlaletsa were also seen walking away from the crime scene the morning after Horner was killed in his wet clothes stained with blood.
But the men had alibis in the form of family members who claimed they were at home when the farm manager was killed.
Prosecutors also used the couple’s previous and pending cases, including stock theft and theft, to argue against the granting of bail.
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