Modimolle monster back in court today

Modimolle monster back in court today

The trial of the so-called "Modimolle Monster" Johan Kotze and his three co-accused is expected to continue in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday.

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The trial of the so-called "Modimolle Monster" Johan Kotze and his three co-accused is expected to continue in the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday.
 
On Wednesday, clinical psychologist Cobus Coetzee told the court he did not agree that Kotze was in a dissociative state when he attacked his then wife and her son.
 
Coetzee said he did not agree with defence psychologist Tertia Spangenberg that Kotze could not be held accountable for his actions because he was in a non-pathological dissociative state at the time.
 
Kotze, Andries Sithole, Pieta Mohlake, and Sello Mphaka have pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping, assaulting, raping, and attempting to murder Kotze's ex-wife Ina Bonnette, and murdering her 19-year-old son Conrad in Kotze's home in Modimolle on January 3, 2012.
 
The State alleges that Kotze orchestrated the revenge attack on Bonnette and her son.
 
Coetzee testified that Kotze did not suffer from any pathological conditions.
 
He said Kotze might possibly have narcissistic traits, but did not suffer from a narcissistic personality disorder. 
 
Coetzee could find no proof of major depression at the time of the crimes.
 
-Sapa

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