Former schoolteacher Reinhardt Leach’s murder trial has now been set down for Monday, while his co-accused, business owner Arnold Terblanche, will only take to the dock again towards the end of 2025.
The two are accused of plotting the murder of Bay mother Vicki Terblanche.
Vicki and Terblanche were going through a bitter divorce when she was drugged and then suffocated to death.
She was dating Leach at the time and the state claims the two acted in concert to have her killed.
After Leach admitted to his role in the murder, though his plea explanation was not accepted by the state due to some discrepancies, a decision was made for the two men to stand trial separately.
Leach’s trial is now expected to be finalised before Terblanche returns to court on October 7.
It is also likely he will be called to testify against Terblanche, who he claims came up with the idea to have Vicki killed.
Vicki was killed in October 2021.
Her body was then dumped in a shallow grave in Greenbushes.
Leach and Terblanche took to the dock together one last time on Friday in the Gqeberha high court..
Leach remains in custody, while Terblanche is out on bail.
The Herald
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