Vandekeere spotted in Maputo airport
The man accused of raping and murdering Chantelle Barnard was reportedly seen at an airport in Maputo, in Mozambique, on Wednesday.
Beeld reported this morning that one of their journalists and a photographer were at the airport when the photographer spotted a man who he thought he had photographed before.
They later established that it was Jurgen Vandekeere.
Vandekeere was due to appear in the Delmas High Court on September 9, for the start of his trial.
He failed to appear in court on the day and has been on the run since.
Barnard’s mother, Suzette, was contacted by Beeld and her advocate shortly after the sighting.
“I cannot tell you how I felt when I heard of the sighting,” the mother said on Friday afternoon.
“It felt like my heart was ripped out.
“I want closure for the killing of my child.”
Suzette said she is in a state and is very angry that the man accused of killing her child is on the run.
“It feels like I’m losing my mind,” said Suzette.
“I stepped out of the office today, and said: “I can’t carry on anymore.”
The emotional mother said she will go and pray on her daughter’s grave in the Alberton Cemetery this afternoon.
