This was according to the state prosecutor during yesterday's appeal by first accused Sekwetje Mahlambi in the Free State High Court.

The State informed Judge Celeste Reinders during the appeal that the analysis of the bloodied trousers, which where confiscated at Mahlambi's home in Fateng Tse-Ntsho in Paul Roux near Senekeal, was still in progress.

This, as Mahlambi's legal representative, Advocate Joseph Kgoelenya, appealed against Senekal Magistrate Deon Van Rooyen's decision to refuse his client bail in October - after the latter was arrested for murder and robbery alongside co-accused Sekola Matlaletsa.

Kgoelenya said Van rooyen had failed to take account of all the evidence placed before him, and thus made a wrong judgement.

Previously the court heard during the bail application in Senekal that the DNA samples taken from Horner's bakkie could not be linked to the accused because there results were inconclusive and could not be analysed.

The court also heard that it could take up to 6 months to obtain results from blood samples taken from Mahlambi's trousers.

Meanwhile, the State argued that Mahlambi failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that it does not have a prima facie case against him. The State, in opposing the bail appeal, said Van Rooyen was not wrong when he denied the murder accused bail - citing his alleged tainted credibility.

It had been said on more than one occasion that Mahlambi lied in his version of events.

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