Overview
- The 30-year-old musician, Lehlogonolo Katlego Chauke, appeared in the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court on Thursday and the case was postponed to 21 November.
- He was remanded in custody on counts that include attempted murder, malicious damage to property and unlawful possession of a firearm.
- The National Prosecuting Authority said it has sufficient evidence to proceed while investigators finalize the docket and consider additional charges.
- Police arrested him on Wednesday in an intelligence-driven operation in Bendor after securing a warrant on Tuesday, and seized his vehicles for forensic analysis.
- The charges relate to an alleged 19 October incident on Witklip Street in Ladanna in which a 34-year-old motorist was seriously injured; the case began at Westernburg SAPS before transfer to provincial detectives.