The former pastor was arrested in 2017 for the murder of Aniesa Bardien, 36, after she broke off their engagement.
CAPE TOWN - Alleged serial rapist and murderer, former Cape Flats pastor Keith Bird, made a brief appearance in the Western Cape High Court on Monday where he faces two counts of murder, four of rape, as well as theft and crimen injuria.
In the summary of substantial facts, the State alleges that: "On 8 January, 2013, the accused lured the deceased into bushes near Camp Road in Strandfontein by getting Lizelle Jantjies to call her there. The accused strangled the deceased until she was unconscious. He then crushed her head by hitting her several times with a rock."
Her partially clothed body was dumped in bushes in Tafelsig, Mitchells Plain and discovered by a passerby later that day. In January 2014, he also allegedly used social network app "mxit" to meet one of the complainants. He visited her at his home and allegedly raped her and threatened to shock her if she did not co-operate. He also allegedly stole her blackberry cellphone.
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