UP student murder: Bail hearing for one of the accused will resume today
University of Pretoria postgrad student, Thapelo Menwe, was killed near his residence in Hatfield on Saturday, September 10.
The bail hearing for one of the accused, William Seema Makgoba, in the murder of University of Pretoria student Thapelo Menwe will resume today at the Pretoria magistrate’s court.
The 23-year-old student was shot in the abdomen and killed when he was robbed of his cellphone and other personal belongings.
This brutal attack happened on Grosvenor Street in Hatfield near his home in TuksDorp student residence just before 02:00 on Saturday, September 10.
The accused, Bongani Sibiya and Makgoba (aged 38 and 33), face charges of murder, robbery and possession of an unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
Sibiya instructed his lawyer that he did not want bail. Sibaya is believed to have filed a confession, but the contents had not yet been served in court.
Makgoba, represented by Pretoria-based attorney Nakedi Mamogobo, told the court that he had nothing to do with Menwe’s murder and that he was “merely a Bolt driver”.
The accused remain in police custody.
The case was postponed to October 25 for further investigations.
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