The formal bail bid by one of the two men accused of murdering two people, including a 14-year-old boy, has been postponed to next week.
Cheslyn Philander appeared briefly in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court on Thursday, when his case was postponed to July 21.
Philander and Zane Geyers have been charged with the June 22 murders of Justin Malgas, 25, and Kurtley Rossouw, 14, who was hit by a stray bullet while playing with a soccer ball in his yard in Lawrence Erasmus Drive, Bloemendal.
A third person, aged 26, was wounded.
It is alleged that at about 6.15pm, three men, including Malgas, were walking in Lawrence Erasmus Drive when shots were fired at them from a passing silver Renault.
Malgas died at the scene, one victim was taken to hospital and the third man ran away.
The visually impaired Rossouw died on the way to hospital.
Police spokesperson Colonel Priscilla Naidu confirmed at the time that the incident was gang-related.
Philander and Geyer were arrested five days after the shooting and made their first court appearance on June 28, when Geyers abandoned his bail application.
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