Boxer’s alleged killers back in court

Published Mar 15, 2013

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Johannesburg - Three men accused of murdering former world heavyweight boxing champion Corrie Sanders are expected to appear in the Brits Magistrate's Court on Friday.

Samuel Mabena, 27, Chris Moyo, 25, and Paida Fish, 19, face charges of murder and robbery with aggravating circumstances.

The case against the three men, from Zimbabwe, was postponed in November because their lawyer was not present.

It was postponed again on January 29.

They were arrested in Oukasie informal settlement, near Brits, on September 27, after police received a tip-off.

At the address where the men were arrested, police recovered a cellular phone, vehicle key, purse and cash believed to have been stolen during the robbery in which Sanders was shot.

A handbag, also thought to have been stolen in the robbery, was recovered at a second address.

Sanders was shot at the Thatch Haven Country Lodge outside Brits during an armed robbery on September 22.

He was attending the 21st birthday party of his nephew when three men stormed in and demanded that customers lie on the floor and hand over their valuables.

When they fled the scene, random shots were fired. Sanders was hit in the hand and abdomen.

Sanders died of his wounds in Kalafong Hospital, Pretoria, the following day.

He won the World Boxing Organisation's heavyweight title in March 2003 by dropping Ukrainian Wladimir Klitsckho in the second round in Hanover, Germany. He retired five years later. - Sapa

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