Vereeniging - The owner of a military-style camp, Alex de Koker, and his co-accused made a brief appearance in the Vereeniging Regional Court on Thursday.
De Koker and Michael Erasmus have been charged with murder, child abuse and assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, relating to the death of 15-year-old Raymond Buys at the Echo Wild Game Rangers camp in 2011.
Both the defence and the State lawyers have submitted their closing arguments.
At the last court appearance on December 3, Erasmus testified that De Koker asked him to take the blame for the abuse at the camp.
He denied attacking Buys with a “piele wapper” (a hollow rubber pipe), a spade, and a sickle, but admitted punching, kicking, and once hitting him with a broomstick.
Erasmus argued it was on De Koker's instruction that Buys was abused and that he only ever abused Buys in De Koker's presence.
The matter was postponed to February 27 for judgment.
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