Cape Town – An Alberton man, Freddie Stapelberg, appeared in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Monday on two charges of premeditated murder for the killings of his girlfriend, Nadine Terblanche, and her nine-year-old son Ruandré in November.
Stapelberg’s gardener, Pardon Danhire, 37, was also arrested at the crime scene.
The bail application for Stapelberg was postponed to February 7, while Danhire, who abandoned his bail application, is scheduled to appear in court on January 24.
Update!
Freddie Stapelberg appeared in court today. He faces two charges of premeditated murder. The state claims Freddie Stapelberg planned the murders of Nadine Stapelberg and Ruandre last year.Nadine and Ruandre were murdered in their home on 27 November 2023. On the same… pic.twitter.com/7y1eEIWFsc
— Bianca van Wyk (@BiancavanWyk16) January 15, 2024
According to Times Live, Terblanche’s mother declined to comment, saying that the police instructed them not to speak to the media.
“The police said we must not talk to the media,” the report quoted the grieving mother as saying.
The shocking revelation of Nadine and Ruandré’s lifeless bodies in their Randhart residence reverberated through Alberton and the entire nation.
Shocking twist in Alberton double murder case, where a Zimbabwean gardener was arrested.
The boyfriend of a mother and her son who were brutally murdered in their home in Alberton last year has been arrested for their killings. Freddie Stapelberg, 34, who had been vocal in… pic.twitter.com/9v3BsEr5Xu
— THE TRUTH PANTHER (@TheTruthPanther) January 14, 2024
Initially depicted as engaged to Terblanche and presented as the one who found the bodies in earlier articles by Alberton Record, Stapelberg is now the focus of the investigation, The Citizen reported.
Legal authorities are looking into his potential involvement in the double homicide.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
