Tearful boyfriend in court again for murder of Vicki Terblanche
The bail application of two men accused of killing and burying a 42-year-old Gqeberha mother in a shallow grave will be heard in early November.
The 33-year-old Reinhardt Leach and his co-accused Dylan Cullis (20) made a brief appearance at the local magistrate's court on Wednesday.
The pair was arrested at the weekend after the body of Vicki Terblanche was found in a shallow grave on the outskirts of the city in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Leach, who was the deceased's boyfriend, reported her missing last Thursday.
He was teary-eyed and visibly emotional during Wednesday's court proceedings.
According to Eastern Cape police spokesperson Priscilla Naidu, police were called to the victim's house at a complex in Mill Park a day after the missing person report was filed.
This after concern was raised that something was amiss, as the doors and garage doors of the house were wide open with no one inside.
Naidu said a forensic team was roped in and while they were busy at the house, Leach arrived stating that he lived on the property.
Detectives recognised him as the same man who reported his girlfriend the previous day.
Further probing later led them to another house, where Cullis was arrested.
Leach, a former primary school teacher, shared the missing notice on Facebook asking anyone who had seen Vicki to contact him or her ex-husband.
Meanwhile, Naidu added the post mortem has since been completed but police have not yet received the report.
The pair are remanded in custody until 8 November for their formal bail application.
They face murder charges but it’s understood more charges could be added.
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