Overview
- Lehlogonolo “Shebeshxt” Chauke remains in custody after the Polokwane Magistrate’s Court postponed his bail application.
- The State says he now faces nine counts, including three attempted murders, assault GBH, robbery with aggravating circumstances, and possession of an unlicensed firearm.
- The case has been upgraded to a Schedule 6 offence, which requires the accused to show exceptional circumstances before bail can be granted.
- A police witness said the alleged victim has remained in hospital since the 19 October shooting and that the firearm used has not been recovered.
- Investigators seized Chauke’s vehicles for forensic analysis, with damage to a window and headrest cited to show a bullet’s slowed trajectory, while his affidavit stresses financial obligations to family as a reason for bail.