North West – R1 500. That’s how much the man accused of shooting and killing a man he suspected of stealing from his farm near the North West town of Koster wanted to pay the deceased’s family.

Cornelius Geldenhuys, through his legal representative advocate Vernon Strauss, approached Solomon Cquku’s family on Monday and offered them the cash to help with funeral arrangements.

Geldenhuys is accused of shooting and killing Cquku while he was on his bicycle on Friday. He claimed the man had stolen property from his farm.

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