Right-to-die man could face more murder charges

20 September 2018 - 07:00
By Sipokazi Fokazi
Professor Sean Davison leaves Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Wednesday September 19, 2018. He was freed on bail of R20,000 after being charged with murdering a doctor friend in 2013.
Image: ESA ALEXANDER/Sunday Times Professor Sean Davison leaves Cape Town Magistrate's Court on Wednesday September 19, 2018. He was freed on bail of R20,000 after being charged with murdering a doctor friend in 2013.

Right-to-die activist Sean Davison, who appeared in court on a murder charge on Wednesday, is being investigated for more cases of assisted suicide.

Prosecutor Megan Blow asked the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court to postpone the case until November 16 to allow time for more investigations. She said “new information suggests that the accused may have committed murder in a similar fashion on more than one occasion”.

Davison, 57, was charged with the murder in 2013 of a doctor friend, Anrich Burger, who became a quadriplegic after a car crash eight years earlier.