{"id":61416,"date":"2014-06-05T13:29:58","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T11:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/?p=61416"},"modified":"2014-06-05T13:29:58","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T11:29:58","slug":"updated-father-slits-wrists-razor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2014\/06\/05\/updated-father-slits-wrists-razor\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: Accused Springs father slits wrists with razor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The man who was denied bail in the Springs Regional Court this morning, is being attended to at Far East Rand Hospital after he slit his wrists.<\/p>\n<p>The man was in the holding cells at the court, awaiting transport to Modderbee Prison where he will be held until his trial begins on June 12, when he attempted to end his life.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>According to Springs Police spokesman, Captain Johannes Ramphora, it is believed he used his personal razor to cut himself.<\/p>\n<p>The man arrived at Far East Rand Hospital by ambulance at 11.45am today.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Hendrik Buda, FERH spokesman, says the patient is being attended to by medical staff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The patient is surrounded by about eight policeman so no one is able to get near him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The seriousness of his injury is not yet known,&#8221; Buda said.<\/p>\n<p>The Addie will keep you up to date as information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recap<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>It was his fourth appearance in the Springs Regional Court this morning (June 5).<\/p>\n<p>Magistrate Roy le Roux denied the man bail and the case was postponed for the start of the trial on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against him are child abuse, assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, defeating the ends of justice, attempted murder and rape.<\/p>\n<p>While the charges were not read to him and he was not asked to plead, reading the accused\u2019s affidavit, le Roux noted that he plans to plead not guilty to all charges.<\/p>\n<p>During the bail application, the accused asked for legal aid to represent him at his next court appearance. Commenting on the murder charge, le Roux\u2019s said: \u201cI foresee the possibility the child could have died\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>His finding was as a result of Brigadier Doctor Gerard Labuschagne\u2019s expert opinion and information contained in the medical reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of these reports and the psychologists expert opinion the state has a strong case,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The accused was being remanded in custody at Modderbee Prison and will appear in court again on June 12.<\/p>\n<p>#SpringsFamilyAbuse<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='c2869b120d934ee28d3411cd8a13aae5'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The man accused of abusing his family has slit his wrists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":61417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3652,3656,3653,3655,3654],"class_list":["post-61416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-headlines","tag-accused","tag-captain-johannes-ramphora","tag-far-east-rand-hospital","tag-springs-police-spokesman","tag-springs-regional-court"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["accused","Captain Johannes Ramphora","Far East Rand Hospital","Springs Police spokesman","Springs Regional Court"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}