NPA challenges bail attempt of Lifman murder accused
Jacobs and Bezuidenhout were arrested shortly after Lifman was gunned down.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has challenged the latest bail attempt by Johannes Jacobs and Gert Bezuidenhout, the two men accused of murdering businessman Mark Lifman. The lawyers representing Jacobs and Bezuidenhout approached the High Court in Cape Town on Monday to appeal the Thembalethu Regional Court's decision to dismiss their bail application from February.
Jacobs and Bezuidenhout were arrested shortly after Lifman's assassination in November 2024, in the parking lot of the Garden Route Mall in George. The judge, Advocate Evadne Kortje, argues that the appellants have not established new facts to warrant their release on bail. If the court finds the cumulative presentation of new and old facts establishes exceptional circumstances, the NPA claims the appellants will have discharged their duty to prove why Lifman's release on bail serves the interest of justice.
The case has been rescheduled to the 25th of August at the George Regional Court in the Western Cape.
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