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FILE: Community members protest outside the Goodwood magistrates court on 21 February 2020 where the man accused of murdering Tazne van Wyk (8) is expected to appear. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/Eyewitness News

Courtney pieters

Tazne van Wyk murder opens old wounds for angry community as case postponed

By Lauren Isaacs

The situation outside the Goodwood magistrates court was heated on Friday morning as a large group of people protested against the little girl's murder.

  • Mikayla Pieters. Picture: SAPS/facebook.com

    Mikayla Pieters found unharmed after going missing over weekend

    Mikayla Pieters, the sister of slain toddler Courtney Pieters, was last seen on Saturday before being reported missing.

    1079 days ago
  • Missing 17-year-old Mikayla Pieters. Picture: Western Cape Missing Persons/Facebook

    Murdered Courtney Pieters’ older sister (17) reported missing

    Police have confirmed 17-year-old Mikayla Pieters was last seen in Delft two days ago.

    1080 days ago
  • FILE: Convicted child killer Mortimer Saunders awaits sentencing in the Western Cape High Court. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Mortimer Saunders' appeal bid had no reasonable prospect of success - judge

    The man convicted of raping and killing three year old Courtney Pieters has been denied leave to appeal.

    1274 days ago
  • FILE: Convicted child killer Mortimer Saunders awaits sentencing in the Western Cape High Court. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Courtney Pieters’ mother satisfied with sentence handed to daughter's killer

    Mortimer Saunders has been given life in prison for raping and murdering the child last year. The sentences will run consecutively.

    1344 days ago
  • Mortimer Saunders sits in the dock as he waits for court to start. Saunders was arrested after the body of Courtney Pieters (3) was found in Epping Industria in May 2017. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    [WATCH] Saunders gets hefty jail term for Courtney Pieters murder

    Judge Babalwa Mantame delivered sentencing to child killer Mortimer Saunders more than a year after he murdered three-year-old Courtney Pieters.

    1345 days ago
  • Sentencing proceedings against Mortimer Saunders - the man convicted of the rape & murder of 3-year old Courtney Pieters is underway in the Western Cape High Court. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    [ALERT] #CourtneyPieters: Mortimer Saunders gets two life sentences

    The Elsies River man has been convicted of the rape and premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.

    1345 days ago
  • Sentencing proceedings against Mortimer Saunders, the man convicted of the rape & murder of 3-year-old Courtney Pieters in the Western Cape High Court. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Child killer Mortimer Saunders set to be sentenced

    The Elsies River man has been convicted of the rape and premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.

    1345 days ago
  • FILE: A resident pictured outside court to support the family of three-year-old Courtney Pieters following her murder. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    #CourtneyPieters: Community to host Christmas party for children

    jkhManecia Botha says they are throwing a Christmas party for needy children in honour of Courtney.

    1347 days ago
  • FILE: A resident pictured outside court to support the family of three-year-old Courtney Pieters following her murder. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Elsies River community to honour memory of Courtney Pieters

    The little girl's body was discovered in the Epping industrial area in May last year, nine days after she had disappeared from her home.

    1348 days ago
  • FILE: Juanita Pieters holds a picture of her youngest daughter, Courtney Pieters. A year on and the Pieters family still want answers about their daughter's death. Picture: Bertram Malgas/EWN

    Courtney Pieters's family say they will never find closure

    Mortimer Saunders, the man convicted of the girl's rape and premeditated murder, appeared in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday for sentencing proceedings.

    1351 days ago
  • Sentencing proceedings against Mortimer Saunders - the man convicted of the rape & murder of 3-year old Courtney Pieters is underway in the Western Cape High Court. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    [WATCH] Courtney Pieters's killer to hear his fate soon

    Sentencing proceedings against Mortimer Saunders, the man convicted of the rape and murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters, is underway in the Western Cape High Court.

    1352 days ago
  • Mortimer Saunders was found guilty of the rape and premeditated murder of Courtney Pieters. Pieters' body was found in May, nine days after she’d been reported missing from her Elsies River home. Picture: Monique Mortlock/EWN

    Court hears convicted child killer Saunders hasn't taken responsibility

    Probation officer Jeremy Kessie says during his assessment of the convicted child rapist and murderer, Saunders maintained he did not intend to kill Courtney Pieters.

    1352 days ago
  • FILE: Mortimer Saunders. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Convicted child killed Mortimer Saunders due in court for sentencing

    Judge Babalwa Mantame had found that the State has proven beyond reasonable doubt that three-year-old Courtney Pieters’ murder was premeditated.

    1352 days ago
  • Mortimer Saunders was found guilty of murdering three-year-old Courtney Pieters in 2017. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Rohde, Pieters, Cornelius convictions victory in addressing GBV, says NGO

    A local NGO says successful convictions in three femicide cases this week involving the murder of two women and a child have been a victory in efforts to address gender violence.

    1376 days ago
  • FILE: Hannah Cornelius’ killers in the dock for sentencing proceedings. Picture: Lauren Issacs/EWN

    CT NGO welcomes successful convictions in women, child murder cases

    Matla A Bana's Monique Strydom says it's disturbing at how violently Courtney Pieters, Hannah Cornelius and Susan Rohde died.

    1377 days ago
  • Jason Rohde appears in the Western Cape High Court on 11 November 2018. Picture: Shamiela Fisher/EWN

    Crimes against women, children: State secures 5 convictions in WC

    Wife killer Jason Rohde was found guilty of strangling Susan Rohde at the Spier Hotel in Stellenbosch in 2016 on Thursday.

    1377 days ago
  • FILE: Residents say outside court say they are still struggling to deal with three-year-old Courtney Pieters's tragic death. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Courtney Pieters suffered long, torturous death, court hears

    Judge Babalwa Mantame on Thursday convicted Mortimer Saunders of rape and the premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.

    1378 days ago
  • Mortimer Saunders was found guilty of murdering three-year-old Courtney Pieters in 2017. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Mother of murdered Courtney Pieters (3) granted immunity from prosecution

    Judge Babalwa Mantame says Juanita Pieters showed remorse and took responsibility for leaving her children unattended on the day Courtney disappeared.

    1379 days ago
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