Sonpark knife attack case postponed to March
The accused in a case of attempted murder, which occurred near Sonpark in Mbombela, appeared in court again recently.
The court case in which a man is accused of the attempted murder of another man near Sonpark, appeared in the Nelspruit Magistrate’s Court on February 21, after having been postponed for further investigation.
The matter has been postponed four times to date. The accused appeared for the first time on November 14.
Lowvelder previously reported on the incident after speaking to the victim, Rickus Kitchen (22).
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Kitchen’s abdomen was slashed open during the early hours of November 10, landing him in hospital with a cut he and his family estimated to be around 15cm deep. They said his liver was visible.
The man arrested for the incident, Petresco Jardim (24), was taken into custody the same day, after which he appeared in court on November 14.
He was released on bail of R3 000.
According the the spokesperson for the NPA, Monica Nyuswa, the case was postponed again to March 8 for further investigation.
