Jerobejin van Wyk murder: Accused Daniel Smit intends to plead guilty
Daniel Smit made a brief court appearance in Vredendal on Monday where the matter was postponed to later in October.
Murder accused Daniel Smit appeared in the Vredendal Magistrates Court on 7 October 2024. Picture: NPA
CAPE TOWN - The man accused of the murder of 13-year-old Jerobejin van Wyk in Klawer in February 2022, intends pleading guilty.
Daniel Smit made a brief court appearance in Vredendal on Monday where the matter was postponed to later in October.
The teenager was killed after he and a friend were accused of stealing mangoes.
Smit had previously undergone mental observation at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital and was declared fit to stand trial.
Daniel Smit's trial was set to begin this week more than two years after tragedy struck the sleepy West Coast town of Klawer but the court heard the 58-year-old intends on pleading guilty.
The matter was postponed to 21 October for the State to consider his plea.
The prosecution alleges that the accused drove into the deceased with his bakkie, stabbed the child, dismembered his body and burnt parts in an attempt to hide the crime.
Parts of Jerobejin van Wyk's body were found in a drain on Smit's property two days after the child was reported missing.
Months later, more human remains were found in an oil drum, by the new homeowner while he was cleaning the property.