Gqeberha businessman's bail application to return to court next week

The daughter of the late Vanessa van Rensburg is struggling to come to terms with her mother’s death and has since been sent for counselling.

This was revealed in the Humansdorp Regional Court by prosecutor Bianca Burger during the fifth day of the bail application of Rob Evans, the man accused of Van Rensburg’s murder.

The cross-examination of the 58-year-old continued on Friday during his formal bail application.

Van Rensburg was killed over the Easter weekend, her bruised body was found in the early hours of Easter Sunday.

She leaves behind two young children – her eight-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son.

Burger asked Evans: “She had a good relationship with her children, right?”

Evans replied that she did, and described her as an exceptional mother.

“Clint [the kids' father] says that though she earned less than him, she still paid for the children’s school fees,” Burger said.

“In terms of her mothering, you can’t say anything negative about her.”

Evans responded: “She was a very good mother

“[A lot of times], I dropped her off to visit her kids.”

Burger also asked if he had attended her memorial service.

Evans said he had not.

"Everyone at the funeral was against me, apparently,” he said.

“I didn’t watch it live because I didn’t want to be sad. I wanted to watch it at a later stage.”

The funeral was held in Theescombe.

Evans was arrested on May 9 at his business, Algoa Plastics.

He faces charges of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, and defeating the ends of justice.

Evans bail application was postponed to May 30 for further investigation. He will remain in custody.

The Herald