Botanist double murder trial postponed to Monday as accused falls ill

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The murder trial of three people who allegedly murdered two British/South African botanists and were believed to be linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (IS) was postponed to Monday after one of the accused reported chest pains.

Bulelani Mazomba, representing Del Vecchio and Patel, brought an application before judge Esther Steyn, saying Patel was unwell and hadMazomba applied for the matter to be adjourned to Monday to allow Patel to consult a doctor on Friday.The state didn't oppose the application and the matter was adjourned to Monday.There is strict access to the courtroom which is guarded by the police special task force. Only legal teams and media are allowed inside.

Del Vecchio is also charged with malicious damage to property related to R23m in damages caused to sugar cane fields belonging to Tongaat Hulett in September 2017 in a fire. The Saunders' went missing on February 10 2018 while near Ngoye Forest in northern KwaZulu-Natal and their bodies were later discovered washed up at a stream.

They were believed to have been murdered and flung off a bridge into the crocodile-infested Tugela River.

 

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