The two men accused of murdering Nelson Mandela Bay mother Vicki Terblanche will have an opportunity to apply for bail on November 8.
Terblanche’s boyfriend, Reinhardt Leach, 32, and his friend, Dylan Cullis, 20, appeared briefly in the city’s magistrate’s court on Wednesday, where their case was postponed for a formal bail application.
They are accused of murdering Terblanche, 42, before burying her in a shallow grave on an open plot in Greenbushes.
Terblanche’s body was discovered by the police on Saturday, and the men were arrested. They have been in custody since.
It is not clear for how long Leach and Terblanche had been dating before her death.
On Friday, police were alerted to a suspicious house at the Westview Sports Centre in 1st Avenue, Newton Park, on the border of Mill Park and Glen Hurd.
On arrival at about 9.50pm, police found the doors including the garage door wide open.
While police were still at the house, Leach arrived and indicated that he lived there.
Detectives recognised him as the person who had reported Terblanche missing the previous day and took him in for questioning.
Police were then led to a house in Burt Street, Newton Park, where they questioned Cullis.
He was then taken into custody.
Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu said while investigations were ongoing, no further arrests had been made.
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