NATIONAL NEWS - Multiple-murder accused Henri van Breda’s defence counsel is homing in on holes made by animals under the fence at the luxury Stellenbosch estate where three members of his family were hacked to death in 2015.
Piet Botha‚ cross-examining estate security manager Marcia Rossouw‚ asked her whether there were holes under the fence.
She confirmed this‚ as well as the fact that rocks had been placed there to secure the fence until repairs could be made.
Judge Siraj Desai asked whether this had been the case on the night of the murders.
Rossouw said there had been holes with rocks over them‚ but that if someone had moved them and come onto the estate‚ the fence could shock them or trigger the alarm.
Also‚ although she had not gone personally with them‚ her team had inspected the fence after the murders and found no evidence that the rocks had been moved.
Botha argued that if an object triggered the alarm when the alarm was already triggered‚ the control room in Parow would not pick up the fact that another breach had happened.
