Keltria
03-04-2005, 04:54 PM
Boy accused of murdering his mom walks free
March 04 2005 at 06:14PM
The Pretoria juvenile court struck from the roll the case against a Waterkloof High School pupil accused of stabbing his mother to death with a kitchen knife, SABC news reported on Friday.
The 17-year-old boy was arrested in April last year after he allegedly repeatedly stabbed his 49-year old mother in the head and chest after a heated argument.
Her body was found lying in a pool of blood on her living room floor by the boy's father and younger brother when they arrived home.
It was believed the argument was about the boy's girlfriend. The boy, then in grade 10, was arrested at a friend's house that same evening still wearing his blood spattered uniform.
Detectives later found a notebook allegedly detailing the murder and other documentation in the boy's bedroom.
The boy's lawyer, Olaf de Meyer, objected on Friday to a request from the State to have the case postponed for further investigation.
The State told the court they could not continue with the case as they were still waiting for instructions from the directorate of public prosecutions. - Sapa
March 04 2005 at 06:14PM
The Pretoria juvenile court struck from the roll the case against a Waterkloof High School pupil accused of stabbing his mother to death with a kitchen knife, SABC news reported on Friday.
The 17-year-old boy was arrested in April last year after he allegedly repeatedly stabbed his 49-year old mother in the head and chest after a heated argument.
Her body was found lying in a pool of blood on her living room floor by the boy's father and younger brother when they arrived home.
It was believed the argument was about the boy's girlfriend. The boy, then in grade 10, was arrested at a friend's house that same evening still wearing his blood spattered uniform.
Detectives later found a notebook allegedly detailing the murder and other documentation in the boy's bedroom.
The boy's lawyer, Olaf de Meyer, objected on Friday to a request from the State to have the case postponed for further investigation.
The State told the court they could not continue with the case as they were still waiting for instructions from the directorate of public prosecutions. - Sapa