Innholdsfortegnelse for 2022-06-08 i Daily Voice

TEARS flowed at the Western Cape High Court yesterday as the father of slain UWC student Jesse Hess told the judge that “God will give her killer what he deserves” as co-accused Tasliem “Boontjie” Ambrose begged for forgiveness. Dad Lance Hess wept in the witness stand talking about Jesse’s life as sentencing proceedings for convicted killer David van Boven and Boontjie got underway amid protests by UWC students outside court. The bodies of Jesse, 18, and her 85-year-old oupa, Chris Lategan were found in their Parow flat on 30 August 2019 after an apparent robbery. Shocking Both had been strangled to death, while Jesse had also been raped. David, an alleged member of the 28s gang, was arrested several months later after he was iden tified as the suspect…

Approached She says she was at the cop shop with her brother last month when she overheard the accused telling a woman over the phone about vacancies, and approached him. “One night after 8pm he called me to say that application forms were available. I told him that my son is also looking for work, he said there are only applications for females. “He told me to let my son drop me off at the police station and he will take me to his office and explain the application to me. I said no, I can’t trust it and I blocked him. “He sent a message from another number last Wednesday, and he asked me what I’m doing; he said he was lying cold and lonely on his new bed.…