Van Breda's defence team closes its case
29 November 2017
Cape Town – Murder accused Henri van Breda's defence team closed his case in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday, after 63 days of testimony.
State advocate Susan Galloway and defence advocate Pieter Botha are expected to present their closing arguments in the 23-year-old's triple murder trial in February. Judgment is expected to be delivered in March next year.
On his final day in the witness stand, neurologist Dr James Butler said it was possible that Van Breda had committed the murders before suffering an epileptic seizure, which could explain why there was a two-hour-and-40-minute lapse before he phoned emergency services.
He maintained that Van Breda's behaviour was not consistent with someone who was possibly malingering, sticking to his diagnosis made earlier this month that the accused had juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.