Just in: Werner De Jager denied bail
After three months of court proceedings, Magistrate Zama Nyuswa opposed Werner de Jager's bail.
WERNER de Jager was denied bail by the Amanzimtoti Magistrate’s Court on February 22.
The bail application has dragged on for three months since De Jager’s arrest and first court appearance in November 2023.
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De Jager is accused of killing his wife, Reverend Liezel de Jager, in October 2021, at the Amanzimtoti home they shared with their two young children.
He is facing one charge of premeditated murder and two of fraud relating to his alleged attempts to claim two life policies amounting to R3.29 million taken on Liezel’s life.
Magistrate Zama Nyuswa accepted the state’s argument that releasing De Jager on bail would jeopardise the case as he was likely to skip bail or tamper with witnesses. Since he has tried to take his life 12 times before, the court also heard that he would commit suicide if released.
As the case was classified as Schedule 6, it was up to De Jager’s defence to provide extraordinary grounds on why he should be released on bail.
“After careful consideration of all arguments presented before the court, bail is denied,” said Nyuswa.
He will be back in court on March 18.
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