{"id":71288,"date":"2017-08-25T08:31:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T06:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=71288"},"modified":"2017-08-28T07:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T05:56:02","slug":"judgement-day-awaits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/08\/25\/judgement-day-awaits\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Judgement day awaits &#8211;  updates as it happens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Judgement is expected in the infamous coffin case. Willem Oosthuyzen and Theo Jackson are accused of pushing Victor Mlotshwa into a coffin in 2016. Keep an eye on this article for updates as it happens by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobserver.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">www.mobserver.co.za<\/a> journalists Jana Boshoff and Zsaraeva Nel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoffinAssault?src=hash\">#CoffinAssault<\/a> K-word used three times in recalling Sithole&#8217;s evidence. Public cringes every time judge Mphahlele says the word.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jana B (@farmjane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/farmjane\/status\/901005545787805696\">August 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoffinAssault?src=hash\">#CoffinAssault<\/a> court in sitting. Judge Sheila Mphahlele starts with judgement.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jana B (@farmjane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/farmjane\/status\/900998349930848256\">August 25, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Update &#8211; 09:05<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A source from within the Middelburg Magistrate Court has told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobserver.co.za\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">www.mobserver.co.za<\/a> that threats were received from protesters <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Monday<\/span><\/span> that the court building as well as the municipal building will be torched should they not agree with judgement today.<\/p>\n<p>Police members have been identifying strategic points in and outside the court room and planning the placement of members earlier on.<\/p>\n<p>The courtroom is filling up quickly with barely any space left in the public bench.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>25 August 2017 08:00<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The street before the Middelburg Magistrate Court has been cordoned off and the ANC campaign bus has been set up in front of the court building entrance.<\/p>\n<p>Inside the courtroom camera teams and journalists are busy setting up to cover the much awaited judgement which will be delivered by judge Sheila Mphahlele at <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">10:00<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71290\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender6-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender6-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/92\/2017\/08\/FullSizeRender6-LL-ZN-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CoffinAssault?src=hash\">#CoffinAssault<\/a> case about to resume in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Middelburg?src=hash\">#Middelburg<\/a>. A member of the public bench prays out loud for God&#8217;s will to be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jana B (@farmjane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/farmjane\/status\/899546493509672960\">August 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/dUPMA_b8O3E' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Judgement day for Willem Oosthuyzen and Theo Jackson, the accused in the coffin case, has arrived.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2844,"featured_media":71298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Jana Boshoff and Zsaraeva Nel","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2885,7,2],"tags":[3657,7418,5864,5876,6029,7294,5875,7297,5895,1049,5953,2058,2765,3799,3447],"class_list":["post-71288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-2010-academy-awards","tag-cameras","tag-coffin","tag-coffin-alive","tag-coffin-assault","tag-coffin-blinkpan","tag-coffin-case","tag-coffin-case-middelburg","tag-coffinalive","tag-danger","tag-doodskis","tag-final","tag-media","tag-middelburg-court","tag-sabc","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["2010 academy awards","cameras","coffin","Coffin Alive","coffin assault","coffin Blinkpan","coffin case","coffin case Middelburg","coffinAlive","danger","doodskis","final","media","middelburg court","sabc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2844"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}