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Judgment expected in Mortimer Saunders murder trial
Mortimer Saunders was arrested last May for the murder of three-year-old Courtney Pieters in Elsies River.
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#CourtneyPieters: Judgment set down for November
Judgment was meant to start in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday.
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Courtney Pieters murder trial: Residents frustrated as judgment postponed
Judgment in the case against self-confessed child killer Mortimer Saunders was meant to start in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday.
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Courtney Pieters murder: WC High Court to deliver judgment
Self-confessed child killer Mortimer Saunders. was arrested shortly after the body of three-year-old Courtney Pieters was found in Epping Industria last May, nine days after she was reported missing.
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State wants harsh punishment for Courtney Pieters' killer
Mortimer Saunders was arrested after Courtney Pieters’ decomposing body was found in Epping Industria in May 2017.
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State argues for Courtney Pieters’s killer to get life in prison
Mortimer Saunders has admitted to feeding the child ant poison, before hitting her over the head and choking her because she was annoying him.
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State to give more evidence in case against Mortimer Saunders
Mortimer Saunders' trial resumed in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday and was postponed until next week.
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Courtney Pieters' killer Mortimer Saunders due in court
The Elsies River man has admitted to poisoning, beating and choking the child, but insists it was not premeditated.
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Forensic pathologist details Courtney Pieters' injuries
Forensic pathologist Professor Johan Dempers testified that the child had blunt force injuries on her face, limbs and torso.
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Courtney Pieters: Forensic pathologist gives gruesome details
Mortimer Saunders was arrested shortly after the body of three-year-old Courtney Pieters was found in Epping Industria in May last year.
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Courtney Pieters' killer expected back in court
Mortimer Saunders has confessed to poisoning and beating the child last year.
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Officer testifies in trial of self-confessed child killer Saunders
Constable Bradley Spogter has testified to receiving a call while based at the Elsies River Police Station on the night of 14 May 2017.
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Sixth witness to testify in Mortimer Saunders' murder trial
The trial of a man who’s admitted to killing three-year-old Courtney Pieters has been postponed to next week.
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'DNA of Mortimer Saunders found on Courtney Pieters' top'
Forensic analyst Luthando Tiya has testified he found a positive match of the accused’s semen on the top worn by Courtney Pieters on the day she died.
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#CourtneyPieters: DNA expert to testify in case against Mortimer Saunders
The court has heard testimony from forensic toxicologist Jacobus Van Zyl who explained how he found a pesticide called carbaryl in samples from Courtney Pieters' stomach, blood and bile.
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Ant poison found in Courtney Pieters’ blood - toxicologist
In a plea explanation, Mortimer Saunders admits to feeding the child ant poison, before hitting her over the head and choking her.
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Courtney Pieters: State witnesses wrap up evidence
It's been an emotional and gruelling three days, especially for Courtney Pieters' mother Juanita.
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Saunders acted normal when told of Courtney’s disappearance, court hears
Mortimer Saunders this week admitted to poisoning, beating, choking and suffocating Courtney Pieters in May 2017, but denied raping her.
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Juanita Pieters: I've forgiven Courtney's killer
Mortimer Saunders has admitted to killing the Courtney Pieters last year but denies it was premeditated.
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Juanita Pieters admits to lying to police about knowing Saunders
Pieters admitted she told the investigating officer she didn’t know Saunders because she didn’t want to believe it was him.
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Courtney Pieters’s mother gives emotional testimony in court
Juanita Pieters cried as she told the court she feels hurt and partly blames herself for her daughter’s death because she left her children unattended on the day the girl disappeared.
