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(Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After being let in, many held up signs expressing their anger towards the justice system and the rate of murder in South Africa. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One sign read “Tazne: sorry our government could not protect you.”</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tazne’s body was found in Worcester earlier this week after she disappeared while going to a tuck shop near her home in Elsies River two weeks ago. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her body was found late last Wednesday night in a stormwater pipe outside Worcester. </span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-563217\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/tazne-shani-courtinside2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"1960\" /> Inside Goodwood magistrates court C where the man accused of murdering Tazne van Wyk appeared this morning. pic Shani Reddy.</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pangarker was arrested on Monday evening, in a sting operation, when he arrived at a hotel in Cradock to meet a woman. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pangarker led police to Tazne’s body two days later. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Friday morning, Pangarker was brought into the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">courtroom with his shirt covering his head. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When his face was uncovered, he appeared indifferent to the protesters in the room as he stood facing the court. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the accused seemed emotionless and unaffected by the charges brought against him, the face of Terence Manuel, Tazne’s father, was etched with anger and sorrow. The court was so full that not even he could get a seat. Tazne’s mother had to be sedated and was taken to hospital on Thursday after she was given the news of her daughter’s murder. She was not in court on Friday. </span>\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-562793\" src=\"https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/wp-content/uploads/shani-main.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1902\" height=\"951\" /> A photo of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk at her parents’ house in Elsies River, Cape Town. Her body was found in a stormwater pipe outside Worcester. (Photo: Shani Reddy)</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pangarker, who faces charges of kidnapping and murder, reported injuries to his ribs, with his attorney saying he struggles to stand and sit. He is also alleged to have bruises on his right and left arm, his neck, as well as injuries to his left leg. The attorney says his client claims that these injuries were meted out to him by the police and that his client has not been attended to by a doctor.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magistrate Bukiwe Sambudla said the accused will be in custody until his next court appearance on 17 April 2020. He did not apply for bail during Friday’s appearance.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the hearing was concluded, people started yelling at Pangarker, calling him an animal and a murderer. As he was being led out of the court, some people threw objects at the accused, and one person who had managed to bring a metal pole into the courtroom attempted to hit Pangarker with it.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Outside, the crowd was still seething. Emotions were high but they dispersed after they saw Tazne’s father leave. Manuel left the court by another exit after the media tried to get a comment from him.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I can’t handle this,” was all he said as he left. </span><b>DM</b>",
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Angry community members protest out the Goodwood Magistrate’s Court on February 21, 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. The protest occurred just before the late 8-year old Tazne van Wyk alleged killer 54-year-old Moehydien Pangaker appeared in court. (Photo by Gallo Images/Brenton Geach)
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Inside Goodwood magistrates court C where the man accused of murdering Tazne van Wyk appeared this morning. pic Shani Reddy.
A photo of eight-year-old Tazne van Wyk at her parents’ house in Elsies River, Cape Town. Her body was found in a stormwater pipe outside Worcester. (Photo: Shani Reddy)