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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 87409, member: 27"] A contested confession could make or break the murder case against a Limpopo pig farmer accused of killing two women and feeding their remains to livestock. Trial within a trial over the confession [LIST] [*]Zachariah Olivier's defense argues his police confession violated basic constitutional rights. [*]Olivier allegedly never got access to a legal advisor before signing the statement. [*]Judge Gerrit Muller is weighing whether the confession gets tossed entirely. [*]Without it, prosecutors would need to lean hard on forensic and witness evidence. [/LIST] What happened on that farm in August 2024 [LIST] [*]Three Zimbabwean women went to Olivier's farm near Polokwane looking for discarded food. [*]Maria Makgato and Lucia Ndlovu were fatally shot, and their bodies got dumped in a pig enclosure. [*]A third woman survived her injuries and escaped to alert others. [*]Police recovered decomposed remains three days later with spent bullets and bloodstains. [/LIST] Three accused face a stack of charges [LIST] [*]Olivier, his 20-year-old employee Adriaan de Wet, and worker William Musora all pleaded not guilty. [*]Charges span two murder counts, attempted murder, and possession of an unlicensed firearm. [*]Musora initially flipped to state witness, claiming he shot under Olivier's orders. [*]His testimony has faced heavy scrutiny during cross-examination. [/LIST] Forensic and ballistic evidence is piling up [LIST] [*]A ballistic specialist linked bullets from the scene to weapons tied to the accused. [*]Pathologists confirmed gunshot wounds as the cause of death despite pig-damaged remains. [*]The surviving woman testified that the men chased and shot without any warning. [*]Defense attorneys have picked at small inconsistencies across witness accounts. [/LIST] Community rage has been intense from day one [LIST] [*]Protesters outside the court demanded no bail and swift justice for the victims. [*]Makgato's and Ndlovu's families remember them as hardworking mothers in desperate circumstances. [*]Gender-based violence advocates have seized on the case for broader awareness. [*]Bail got denied over flight risk and witness-tampering concerns. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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