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Last of Waterkloof Four released on bail─── 09:41 Sat, 20 Dec 2014
Johannesburg - Convicted killer Frikkie du Preez, one of the so-called "Waterkloof four", has been released on parole.
The "Waterkloof four" -- Du Preez, Christoff Becker, Gert van Schalkwyk and Reinach Tiedt -- beat, stabbed and kicked a homeless man to death in Moreleta Park, Pretoria, on the night of December 1, 2001.
They were found guilty of murder in June 2005. In May 2008, the High Court in Pretoria rejected their bid to appeal. They were released on bail on February 11 this year, after serving five-and-a-half years of their 12-year jail terms.
Du Preez and Becker's parole was revoked when a video emerged of the pair drinking what appeared to be alcohol and using a cellphone in the Kgosi Mampuru prison where they were serving their sentence.
The pair was sent back to prison on February 28. Becker was released on parole on Tuesday.
Sapa
