Court Rejects Discharge Application From Apartheid-Era Cops in Caiphus Nyoka Murder Case

Court dismisses bid to drop charges in 1987 student activist Nyoka's murder case

The court rejected claims of no evidence in the case of apartheid-era officers accused of murdering Caiphus Nyoka in 1987.

Court rejects discharge application from apartheid-era cops in Caiphus Nyoka murder case

Caiphus Nyoka TRC Case: Court Rejects 2 Apartheid Cops' Bid To Stop Murder Trial - The Bulrushes

Pretoria – Two former apartheid enforcers – former commanding officer Major 75-year-old Leon Louis van Den Berg and ex-sergeant 61-year-old Abraham Hercules Engelbrecht have failed to have murder charges against them dropped. The Pretoria High Court sitting in Benoni dismissed the Section 174 application of the Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977 brought by the pair who were claiming the “state had no case against them”. The ruling means the two, …