Moehydien Pangaker is expected back at the Western Cape High Court on Monday for the murder and rape of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk two years ago.
Pangaker faces 27 charges including the kidnapping and murder of Tazne, 12 counts of rape, three counts of common assault, three counts of sexual assault, and two counts of kidnapping, incest and desecrating a corpse.
During his last court appearance, the trial continued without him being present in the courtroom after he was attacked by two men in a truck that was transporting inmates from Pollsmoor Prison to the court building.
Tazne was last seen walking to a tuck shop near her Connaught Estate home in Elsies River, Western Cape in 2020. Her kidnapper was arrested a week later in Cradock in the Eastern Cape.
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