Lt Col Leroy Bruwer murder accused seeks bail at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court

Sinovuyo Salela  (28) appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court this morning to seek bail. He is charged with murder following the gunning down of Lt Col Leroy Bruwer on March 17.

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Salela, who hails from the Eastern Cape, handed himself  over to the police on June  19 and has been remanded in custody since then.

The state opposed bail for  Salela after his formal bail application on June 25.
Bruwer was a veteran of the Mpumalanga Hawks and died in a hail of bullets as he was driving along the R37/Lydenburg Road.

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The case was postponed to September 9 for a continuation of Salela’s bail application at the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court.