Accused in Bouwer van Niekerk murder case abandons bail
The man accused of assassinating prominent Johannesburg attorney, Bouwer van Niekerk, has abandoned his bail application in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court. Twenty-nine-year-old, Mukelani Ntombela, who faces charges of murder, possession of an unlicensed firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition following Van Niekerk’s killing in September last year, appeared in court on Friday. Ntombela’s legal representative, Marius Van Wyngaar, told the court on Friday that the defence would no longer proceed […]
