Two suspects arrested in connection with the recent murders of seven people on a Free State farm have abandoned their bail applications.
Lerato Selepe and Kamohelo Motankisi are accused of killing the wife of the farmer, Sesi Binta Smit, 55, her son Rhudie Smit, 17, and five female farmworkers. The other deceased are Nokufa Portia Monareng, 30, Lerato Julia Moloi, 33, Mothoduwa Paulina Moloi, 36, Nomasonto Christina Zulu, 56, and Nomasontsha Topsy Maduna, 43.
The duo are facing charges of murder, armed robbery, rape and unlawful possession of firearms.
“I have no-one anymore,” tearful widower Alheit Smit, 77, told eNCA. He and other family members were emotionally shattered as they went to identify the bodies.
“This is very traumatic. I have never seen such a thing my entire life,” Kheleni Radebe told the broadcaster.
Violet Binta, a relative, took to Facebook to share her heartbreak: “Nothing will ever tear my heart into pieces than the day I received this news ... Justice must be served, and it’s at times likes this I wish the principle of ‘eye for an eye’ could be provided for in the law, because for a person to just go to jail for the brutal murder of not one but seven people is just not enough.”
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Suspects arrested in connection with Kestell murders abandon bail applications
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Two suspects arrested in connection with the recent murders of seven people on a Free State farm have abandoned their bail applications.
Lerato Selepe and Kamohelo Motankisi are accused of killing the wife of the farmer, Sesi Binta Smit, 55, her son Rhudie Smit, 17, and five female farmworkers. The other deceased are Nokufa Portia Monareng, 30, Lerato Julia Moloi, 33, Mothoduwa Paulina Moloi, 36, Nomasonto Christina Zulu, 56, and Nomasontsha Topsy Maduna, 43.
The duo are facing charges of murder, armed robbery, rape and unlawful possession of firearms.
“I have no-one anymore,” tearful widower Alheit Smit, 77, told eNCA. He and other family members were emotionally shattered as they went to identify the bodies.
“This is very traumatic. I have never seen such a thing my entire life,” Kheleni Radebe told the broadcaster.
Violet Binta, a relative, took to Facebook to share her heartbreak: “Nothing will ever tear my heart into pieces than the day I received this news ... Justice must be served, and it’s at times likes this I wish the principle of ‘eye for an eye’ could be provided for in the law, because for a person to just go to jail for the brutal murder of not one but seven people is just not enough.”
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