The man alleged to have fatally wounded Ludi Vink with a pool cue in an Alberton bar three days ago appeared in the Palm Ridge District Court near Katlehong on Friday afternoon‚ where he applied for bail.
The 52-year-old broad-shouldered Daniel Oliver Jacobus sat in the dock wearing a blue short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans‚ his silver hair glistening in the courtroom light.
He towered above the other accused who sat next to him‚ waiting for their cases to be heard.
"Is this the cue case?" the magistrate asked‚ pointing to his eye.
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"Yes‚ your worship‚" the man's attorney replied.
Vink was stabbed in the eye with a pool cue at Mitzy's bar where he was having a drink with his mother. He had reportedly tried to intervene in a brawl at the pub.
The 30-year-old was declared brain dead but his heart was kept pumping until Thursday morning when his organs were donated. Social media reports stated that his heart had helped save the life of a person in Cape Town‚ but this has not been verified as yet.
Police said Jacobus had turned himself in earlier on Friday.
He faces a charge of murder‚ which is a Schedule Five charge.
The matter continues.
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