{"id":920404,"date":"2022-01-28T18:12:49","date_gmt":"2022-01-28T18:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/28\/americans-gangster-faces-murder-charge-for-fatal-stabbing-inside-wynberg-court\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T18:12:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T18:12:49","slug":"americans-gangster-faces-murder-charge-for-fatal-stabbing-inside-wynberg-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/28\/americans-gangster-faces-murder-charge-for-fatal-stabbing-inside-wynberg-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans gangster faces murder charge for fatal stabbing inside Wynberg court"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cape Town – The trial of the man who allegedly killed Chad Petersen in a brawl at the Wynberg Magistrate\u2019s Court was postponed in the Western Cape High Court.<\/p>\n

Christopher Hukura was charged with the murder after a brawl between gangs in the corridors of the court on July 24, 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hukura has been charged with three counts of murder, attempted murder and the Contravention of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act.<\/p>\n

The State alleges that Hukura is a member of the \u201cYoung Gifted Six Bobs\u201d, a gang which mainly operates in Lotus River, Pelican Park, Phumlani and Strandfontein.<\/p>\n

It is alleged that he stabbed and killed Petersen with a knife. The State believes the crime was premeditated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hukura has also been charged with the attempted murder of Merlin Japhta after stabbing him during the same altercation.<\/p>\n

According to the State, Petersen who was from Parkwood, was a member of the \u201cAmericans\u201d gang and was at the court with fellow gang members when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n

It was reported that an argument ensued between the gangs. Knives were drawn and members stabbed one another.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Petersen was stabbed in his upper chest, then returned to the courtroom where he was treated for his injuries. He died after being taken to hospital.<\/p>\n

It is expected that the court will hear from EMS respondents, police and witnesses on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Cape Town – The trial of the man who allegedly killed Chad Petersen in a brawl at the Wynberg Magistrate\u2019s Court was postponed in the Western Cape High Court. Christopher Hukura was charged with the murder after a brawl between gangs in the corridors of the court on July 24, 2019. Hukura has been charged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-920404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=920404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920404\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}