Cassidy Hartzenberg was arrested in September, days after Magistrate Romay van Rooyen was found dead in her Marina da Gama home.
CAPE TOWN - An 18-year-old accused of the murder of his aunt, Magistrate Romay van Rooyen, made his first appearance in the Western Cape High Court for pre-trial on Friday.
Cassidy Hartzenberg was arrested in September last year, days after the 50-year-old woman's body was found in her Marina da Gama home. The teenager previously made several appearances in the Simons Town Magistrate's Court before the matter was transferred. Before court proceedings got underway on Friday, Hartzenberg' relatives in the public gallery greeted and blew kisses in his direction.The court heard that the accused had applied for Legal Aid but a lawyer has not yet been appointed to the case.Hartzenberg, who was a pallbearer at Van Rooyen's funeral, was also accused of stealing her car as well as some money.
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