Sword killer Morne Harmse experimented with elements of satanism, but he was not a satanist, the High Court in Johannesburg heard on Tuesday.
"He is only a person who experimented self style," an expert in the occult Dr Jonker Jacobus said during sentencing of Harmse for the killing of a fellow student with a sword.
He said he thought Harmse wore a mask and carried swords during his attack to get a certain power.
"They seek a power. They want to say 'I have a power or strength to manipulate people'."
Jacobus said while Harmse's room at home had satanistic paraphernalia like an ouija board, some objects with a pentagon and an image of a demon painted on a bedside stool, these were also interspersed with things a full satanist would not use.
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For example, he burnt candles, some of which were pink or white, and had normal coloured bedspreads and curtains whereas a satanist would only use red and black.
Asked what he thought about the killing, Jacobus said: "It's shocking... the whole business is heartbreaking."
Harmse was convicted of killing Jacques Pretorius with a samurai sword, and wounding three others during an attack last August at Nic Diederichs Technical High School in Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg. - Sapa
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