The bail application by one of the two men accused of killing Anene Booysen enters its second day in the Bredasdorp Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday.

Jonathan Davids, 22, pleaded not guilty to the crimes on Tuesday. He and Johannes Kana, 21, are accused of raping, killing and mutilating Booysen, 17, on February 2. Kana had not yet pleaded and was expected to apply for bail at a later stage.

The court heard on Tuesday that Davids was convicted of theft last February and received a five-year suspended sentence.

He also had three assault cases withdrawn against him in Bredasdorp, in September 2007, January 2008 and October 2011.

Booysen visited a nightclub in the town on Friday, February 1. A few hours later, she was gang-raped and mutilated. She was found at a construction site where she worked the next morning. She died in hospital later that day.

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