[ad_1]
Thousands of people rally in Senekal against the murders on farms where the killers of 21-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner appeared in court.
Gallo Images / Volksblad / Mlungisi Louw
- The man has also been charged with attempted murder and contravention of the Terrorism Law.
- The court ordered that he not be named in the future, until the outcome of his bail request.
- The man is believed to have incited the crowd to fetch the suspects from the court’s holding cells.
The 51-year-old man who was arrested in the wake of the riots at the Senekal Court of First Instance has also been charged with attempted murder and violation of the Anti-Terrorism Law.
The defendant made his first appearance on Friday, in the same court that he is accused of assaulting. A court order was issued not to be named until the result of his bail request.
According to the provisional charge sheet, the man has been charged with malicious damage to property, public violence, attempted murder, and violation of the Law for the Protection of Constitutional Democracy against Terrorism and Related Activities.
READ | First arrest made after riots in front of Senekal court
The defendant is alleged to have attended a farmers’ meeting on Tuesday prior to the court appearance of the two men accused of murdering 21-year-old farm manager Brendin Horner.
At the meeting, he allegedly incited the crowd to fetch the suspects from the court’s holding cells.
Broke out
Chaos broke out when a small group of people broke into the court building. A police vehicle rolled over and caught fire during the riot.
Destroyed police vehicle in Senekal.
The attempted murder charge stems from allegations that the defendant attempted to set fire to the detention cells and from the two shots fired in court.
READ | Police van set on fire as’ armed farmers raid holding cells in the murder of accused Brendin Horner‘
However, the investigator in the matter stated in the bail request that he did not know who had fired the shots.
It was also recorded in the court file that the man had assaulted the two defendants in the Horner case with a flat iron bar that he had used to enter the cells.
The State said that the two defendants in the Horner affair were injured and later taken to hospital for treatment.
However, according to the defense, they have two witnesses who were also in the detention cells who would testify that the defendant was not part of the action.
The application of the bond continues.
