Wrongly convicted and sentenced but Coligny farmer says 'I'm staying'

16 February 2025 - 00:00

Pieter Doorewaard was found guilty of murder, with his co-accused and colleague Phillip Schutte, in the infamous 2017 Coligny sunflower case, but the Supreme Court of Appeal overturned the conviction in 2020. ..

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