Stella murder accused 'cracked' from frustration when making confession

Stella murder-accused Xander Bylsma"cracked from frustration" when he confessed to murdering his ex-girlfriend, Sharnelle Hough, 17, and Marna Engelbrecht, 16, in the early hours of Saturday, May 26, 2018, in the girls' hostel of Hoërskool Stella in the North West.

Hough's body was hanging from a banister while Engelbrecht's body was found in a bathroom. He allegedly strangled the girls and tried to make their deaths look like suicide., Bylsma, 20, told the North West High Court in Mmabatho on Tuesday that he was getting tired, owing to drunkenness, nausea and stress, and gave private investigator Chris Saunders"the answers he was looking for".

Bylsma reportedly alleged that Saunders had threatened to kill his parents if he didn't confess. He was testifying in a trial-within-a-trial, held to establish whether his confession is admissible. It was earlier reported that the State would call six witnesses who will reportedly corroborate Bylsma's confession that he murdered the girls.On Tuesday, Bylsma testified that he had been informed of Hough's"suicide" by"someone" by phone on May 26 last year. In his distress, he took 10 tablets for anxiety which made him feel disorientated, tired, drunk and nauseous, according to Netwerk24.

It was in this physical state that he confessed, after being assaulted by Engelbrecht's father, Stefaans, and intimidated by Saunders, Bylsma reportedly told the court.

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