{"id":44307,"date":"2024-08-14T06:01:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T04:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/boer-kry-borgtog-20240813-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T22:39:06","slug":"boer-kry-borgtog-20240813-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vrystaatkroon\/boer-kry-borgtog-20240813-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Boer kry borgtog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Morgan Barrett, \u2019n boer van Ficksburg wat \u2019n leidende rol speel om veediefstal hier te bekamp, is op borgtog van R2 000 vrygelaat nadat hy vroe\u00ebr in verband met die moord op \u2019n vermeende veedief van Lesotho in hegtenis geneem is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barrett het op Woensdag 7 Augustus saam met drie veiligheidswagte in die hof verskyn in verband met die moord op \u2019n Lesotho-burger op 7 Junie vanjaar op die Sandstone Estate aan die grens met di\u00e9 buurland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sy aansoek om borgtog is Donderdag aangehoor en hy is op R2 000 borgtog vrygelaat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHy het die borgtog betaal en is vrygelaat. Hy is die langnaweek by die huis,\u201d het Jonker Botha, sy regs\u00adverteenwoordiger, ges\u00ea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Botha het Woensdag ges\u00ea Barrett is deur \u2019n vennoot van hom gevra om die betrokke dag na \u2019n toneel te gaan waar vermeende veediewe op die landgoed betrap is en glo aangerand is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Met sy aankoms het hy dadelik gesien daar is probleme nadat die wagte en die Lesotho-burgers mekaar aangerand het en hy het die Lesotho-polisie gekontak. Hy het ook foto\u2019s van die gebeure aan die polisie voorsien. Die veiligheidswagte werk nie vir hom nie en dit is ook nie sy grond waarop die vermeende aanranding plaasgevind het nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AO Mmako Mophiring, woordvoerder van die polisie in die Oos-Vrystaat, het ges\u00ea Kananelo Mokuoane (41) van Lesotho se lyk is met \u2019n diep snywond aan die kop langs die Caledonrivier gekry. Die veiligheidswagte, wat ook onwettige burgers uit Lesotho is, is op die toneel in verband met die moord in hegtenis geneem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kananelo Tekisi, Madibeng Thamae en Sello Thamae, almal van Lesotho, het weer Woensdag saam met Barrett in die hof verskyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Botha s\u00ea die saak is tot vroeg in Oktober uitgestel waarna die kantoor van die direkteur van openbare vervolgings in die Vrystaat (DOV) terugvoering sal gee of daar met Barrett se vervolging voortgegaan sal word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die foto\u2019s wat Barrett aan die polisie voorsien het, is aan die aanklaer beskikbaar gestel. 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