Central SA
#BrendinHorner murder case postponed─── 12:21 Fri, 22 Jan 2021
Two men who allegedly stabbed and strangled Brendin Horner in October 2020 during what was believed to be a stock theft incident, briefly appeared in the Senekal Magistrate's Court on Friday morning, where their case was postponed to 30 March 2021.
According to the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA’s) Free State spokesperson, Phaladi Shuping, the case against Sekola Matlaletsa, 32, and Sekwetja Mahlamba, 43, was postponed to allow for further investigations.
According to SAPS spokesperson, Motantsi Makhele, Horner was found murdered and tied to a pole with a rope around his neck. The 21-year-old farm manager’s body was found in an open space at Paul Roux.
The two suspects were arrested after Gilly Scheepers, owner of the Bloukruin Boerdery where Horner worked, offered a R50,000 reward.
According to Brigadier Motantsi Makhele a knife was found at the scene and the victim’s Toyota Hilux was later found abandoned, with bloodstains inside.
Makhele said that the two suspects are believed to be stock thieves.
Mahlaba was previously arrested and charged in a stock theft matter. He is scheduled to appear in court for that case in February 2021.
Mahlaba had been out on bail when Horner was killed. The other suspect, Matlaetsa, has a longer rap sheet that includes a previous stock theft conviction.
