22-year-old Marthinus Pelser, accused of murdering his six-month-old baby son, is to appear in the Roodepoort Magistrates’ Court.

More members of the support group ‘Justice for Baby Deon’ are in court today, wearing T-shirts displaying the group’s name.

Tweets from inside court:

– Petition to not grant bail has to this moment gotten 1650 signatures

– Huge contingent in court in support of baby Pelser

– More supporters have just arrived in court

– Accused taking the stand

– Cross questioning of investigating officer

– When Pelser arrived at the police station, the investigating officer was not there

– Accused had no previous offences

– The accused seems to never have fleed any scenes in the past

– Investigating officer did not research whether or not the accused had a passport

– Accused’s attorney asking if the investigating officer knows that a suspect can be tagged

– Accused can be tagged if released on bail to know his exact location at any time

– Investigating officer will not support this

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