Update
PLETTENBERG BAY NEWS - The 30-year-old man accused of raping and murdering a Plettenberg Bay hospice nurse briefly appeared in the local Magistrate’s Court on Monday 7 May.
The matter was however postponed to 4 June 2018 as the court is still awaiting DNA results.
A decision also needs to be made about transferring the matter to a higher court.
He remains in custody after he was denied bail last month.
He is accused of raping and killing the 63-year-old Schoongezicht Country Estate resident Penny Cumming last month.
The suspect, who cannot be named before he has pleaded, was arrested on 30 January 2018 where he was allegedly hiding near a school in Kwanokuthula following the grisly discovery on 29 January.
Cumming’s naked and bruised body was found on the floor of her home by a friend. Her home was ransacked and her Volvo SUV was missing. The vehicle, which was partially destroyed, was found near Nekkies in Knysna later that day.
It was later established that Cumming had also been raped and that the cause of death was strangulation.
Read more in Thursday's Knysna-Plett Herald and online.
Read previous articles:
- Mother fears her own 'killer' son
- Shocking testimony from alleged killer
- Plett murder accused also charged with rape
- Estate murder: Residents gather at court
- Plett estate murder: Community in shock
- Estate murder: Community to stand together
- Plett estate murder: Man arrested
- Update: Woman murdered at upmarket estate
- Woman murdered at upmarket Plett estate
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