2 Mark Lifman murder accused back in George court
George Herald journalist Kristy Kolberg and cameraman Cameron Squire will be reporting from the George court as updates become available.
The two men accused of murdering Cape Town underworld figure Mark Lifman at the Garden Mall in George on November 3 last year are back in the George Magistrate’s Court today where their bail application will be heard today and tomorrow.
The previous court appearance of Johannes ‘Jakes’ Jacobs (53) and Gert ‘Johnny’ Bezuidenhout (37) on December 12 was attended by Lifman’s notorious friends, Jerome ‘Donkie’ Booysen and André Naudé, as well as Booysen’s son Joel.
Just after the case was postponed on December 12, the Booysens and Naudé headed to the mall where they laid down flowers at the spot where Lifman was gunned down. George Herald filmed them doing so, and many readers reacted with outrage and disgust.
It is not known whether Lifman’s underworld friends will be in attendance in court today.
Booysen and Naudé stand accused of murdering steroid king Brian Wainstein, but this trial is only set to resume in March. Witnesses are justifiably stressed and fearful, as four of the accused in this case, including Lifman, have been killed.
George Herald will be reporting from the court as proceedings unfold.
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