Fourty-eight-year-old Kobus Klassen appeared before the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court on Thursday.
JOHANNESBURG - The third suspect in the alleged racially motivated attack at the Maselspoort Resort & Conference Centre was granted bail of R20,000.
He was among a group of white people seen attacking two black teens at the resort on Christmas Day.Klaasen faces a charge of attempted murder, a schedule five offence, for his part in the attack of the Nakedi brothers at the resort.His legal representative told the Bloemfontein Magistrates Court that he wasn't a flight risk and had no plans of absconding before the finalisation of the legal matter.
"He must not threaten the witnesses and he must hand over his passport to the investigating officer." Klaasen will be back in court on January 2023, where he will join co-accused 33-year-old Johan Nel and 47-year-old Jan van der Westhuizen. UPDATE: The 3rd suspect in the #MaselspoortResort attack, Kobus Klaassen, is out on R20K bail. He faces attempted murder, a schedule 5 offence, as well as common assault and crimen injuria. He’ll join Johan Nel and Jan van der Westhuizen in court in January. @khanya_mntambo https://t.co/lJvAO0CUzE
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