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Court hears how Pretorius took his own life after DNA report placed him at Mbense murder scene

IOL · 18 August 2026 at 16:22

Court hears how Pretorius took his own life after DNA report placed him at Mbense murder scene

Shortened intro An IPID investigator told the Brakpan Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday police informant Wiandre Pretorius took his own life after learning that DNA evidence placed him in the bedroom where Emmanuel Mbense was killed.

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