Tshegofatso Pule’s murder case set to move to High Court

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The prosecution in the Tshegofatso Pule murder case on Thursday asked the Roodepoort Magistrates Court for more time to investigate.

Muzikayise Malephane appeared in court in the morning. He is accused of brutally killing the pregnant 28-year-old and hanging her body on a tree in Durban Deep in June.

1/2 #TshegofatsoPule murder case back in the Roodepoort magistrates court this morning. Earlier this month her murder accused Muzikayise Malephane didn’t make an appearance as scheduled because the wrong date was written on his charge sheet. KM pic.twitter.com/cdV7DQhml1 — EWN Reporter July 23, 2020 The State said that they had managed to attain Pule’s postmortem results as well as a Section 205 report that detailed Malephane’s phone records.The prosecution told Magistrate John Baloyi that the outstanding evidence could take some time to attain, and so the matter would have to be postponed.

The magistrate agreed to postpone the case to 29 September. He said because of the seriousness of the case, Malephane would not be tried in the Magistrates Court.Download the EWN app to your iOS or Android device.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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