Trial of apartheid cops accused of killing MK’s Simelane postponed for medical report

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The case against two former apartheid police officers accused of kidnapping and killing Umkhonto we Sizwe operative Nokuthula Simelane in 1983 has been postponed to allow for a full report on the ability of one of the accused to stand trial.

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On Monday Willem Coetzee and Anton Pretorius appeared in the Pretoria high court where they were expected to stand trial for Simelane’s death. “According to the preliminary report Mr Coetzee cannot understand and follow criminal proceedings or complex discussions,” Cilliers said. There she was arrested and later tortured for days until she died. Since her death, her family has been demanding answers, wanting to know where she was buried.

 

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