The case against five suspects accused of the brutal murder of two North West police officers has been postponed, the Hawks said on Thursday.
Hawks North West spokesperson Capt Tlangelani Rikhotso confirmed that the five made a brief appearance in court, where the matter was postponed to next week Thursday.
“The matter was postponed to August 12 2021 for the appointment of an attorney and not for a bail application as previously stated,” she told TimesLIVE. The Mahikeng stock theft unit last week appealed for help finding the owners of nine goats which were found last week Wednesday in Nottingham by a farmer.
“The goats were tied with ropes and three of them were already dead. Police cannot rule out the possibility of linking the goats with the stock theft incident [involving the slain] Mareetsane police officers,” said North West police spokesperson Col Adele Myburgh at the time.joint memorial service will be held for the two officers in Mahikeng on Friday, followed by a joint funeral in Lichtenburg on Saturday.
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