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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

Mortimer saunders

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.

  • Petunia Roets, a survivor of the Melville shooting on New Year's Day, in the Helen Joseph Hospital. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN

    Melville shooting survivor: It was complete and utter chaos

    Survivors of the New Year’s shooting - which left 2 people dead - recounted their experiences.

    877 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.

    1194 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.

    1264 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.

    1265 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.

    1265 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.

    1268 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.

    1271 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.

    1272 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.

    1272 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.

    1272 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.

    1297 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.

    1298 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.

    1299 days ago
  • FILE: Mortimer Saunders in the Western Cape High Court. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    [WATCH] Mortimer Saunders found guilty on all charges

    Mortimer Saunders has been found guilty on charges of rape and premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.

    1299 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

    Mortimer Saunders found guilty of rape, murder of Courtney Pieters (3)

    Mortimer Saunders has been found guilty on charges of rape and premeditated murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters.

    1299 days ago
  • Mortimer Saunders is accused of murdering three-year-old Courtney Pieters in 2017. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Judgment in Mortimer Saunders' murder trial continues

    Saunders has confessed to killing three-year-old Courtney Pieters but denies that it was premeditated.

    1299 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] Judgment starts for child killer Mortimer Saunders

    High Court Judge Babalwa Mantame read out Mortimer Saunders’ submissions that were first heard at the start of his trial. Saunders has confessed to the murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters in May 2017.

    1300 days ago
  • Mortimer Saunders was found guilty of murdering three-year-old Courtney Pieters in 2017. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

    Judge reads judgment in Mortimer Saunders murder trial

    Saunders was arrested after the body of three-year-old Courtney Pieters was found in Epping Industria in May 2017.

    1300 days ago
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