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The man accused of murdering his ex-cop girlfriend is in fresh trouble behind bars after allegedly attacking two inmates for defying his order to have sex with each other.

He also allegedly wanted one of the two men to kill the other.

It is understood that the assault happened at Knysna prison where Bevan van Druten is being held for the murder of Anneke "Nicky" van Heerden.

Van Druten, a well-known driftwood artist in the Garden Route, is alleged to have been riled up after an inmate refused to carry out an act against another prisoner.

Though no details of what led to the incident were disclosed, NPA spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila said he has now also been charged with two counts of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

Van Druten, 53, briefly appeared in court on Wednesday after waiting for a bed at Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital.

"His case was postponed until May 7 for bed placement at Valkenberg," Ntabazalila said.

"He has also appeared at Knysna Magistrate’s Court on other charges allegedly committed while in prison.

"These charges have been added to the murder charges in Plettenberg Bay."

Correctional Services spokesperson Candice van Reenen said the altercation occurred on February 22.

"The three inmates were involved in a physical altercation," she said.

"As a result, all parties opened assault cases with the police, who attended to the incident and registered the matters.

"The inmates were also assessed at the centre's healthcare facility for any injuries sustained.

"The individuals involved have since been separated to ensure stability and safety within the facility.

"The department continues to monitor the situation and will cooperate fully with all investigative processes."

Van Druten was arrested the day after Van Heerden’s brutalised body was found in Plettenberg Bay on January 18.

The 54-year-old former police detective and Van Druten were in a romantic relationship at the time of the incident.

Van Druten previously abandoned his bid for bail.

During that appearance, he told magistrate Stephan Lourens that he saw himself as the Archangel Michael and that Van Heerden was Jesus Christ.

The court then ordered Van Druten to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

This is to determine whether he is mentally fit to stand trial.

IOL previously reported that Van Druten allegedly told a friend during a phone call that “demonic stuff” was happening to him and that “strange things” were occurring inside the Knysna prison where he is being held.

According to the man who said Van Druten had phoned him from prison, the call was "strange".

IOL also reported he had been blocked from attending the Summer Solstice Festival because of what organisers described as his “aggressive behaviour”.

WhatsApp messages seen by IOL showed organisers informing Van Druten in November last year that he was not allowed to attend the event.

The Summer Solstice Festival is an annual gathering held in December at a Garden Route well-being sanctuary.

After Van Druten’s arrest, several women came forward claiming they had previously sought protection orders against him.

Those claims were exclusively reported by IOL and are separate from the murder case.

An almost 11-minute voice note believed to have been recorded by Van Heerden shortly before her death was also widely circulated.

“Bevan van Druten is no longer Bevan van Druten. He is now Jonah, like the man spat out by the whale … the Bible was written in code.

“You need to listen to me. I felt the fear of Jesus Christ. Please listen to me. I gave myself the name Alaska. It comes out of the f---- Bible,” she said.

A man can then be heard laughing in the background, with Van Heerden adding: “This mad man laughing next to me is Bevan van Druten.”

HIGH Court judge Makapa Simasiku has sentenced John Kangumbe Matirua, a man convicted of two murders and two rapes of a minor girl, to 44 years’ imprisonment.

During the ruling, the judge said that those who make themselves guilty of committing serious crimes against innocent and vulnerable members of society should not expect to be treated with soft hands, and that courts will continue to impose harsher sentences in such cases, as it is a survival mechanism of a society at breaking point.

The state alleges that Matirua abducted or kidnapped three minors — a nine-year-old girl and two boys, aged 10 and eight — at Gobabis on 23 September 2018, taking them out of their parental control and walking about 7 kilometres with them into the bushes in the Epako district. He subsequently raped the minor girl twice and forced one of the minor boys to commit sexual acts with her as well.

After being released from custody in 2018 subsequent to appearing for the rape charges, the state alleges that Matirua again committed a crime when he murdered a 19-year-old man, Meno Tjizera, in the Epako area of Gobabis during the night of 30 to 31 October 2020. He also tried to kill another man after that incident by stabbing him in the head, resulting in an attempted murder charge.

The second case of murder happened on 16 July 2023 in Gobabis, after which he is accused of murdering one Albertus Maasdorp (37) and robbing him of N$1,300 in the Epako area of Gobabis.

The High Court judge sentenced Matirua to life imprisonment for each of the two counts of murder (25 years before eligibility for parole), 15 years for each of the two rape counts, 12 months for defeating and obstructing the course of justice, four years for each of the two counts of attempted murder, eight years for the count of attempted rape, and three years for robbery.

The judge, however, ruled that the sentences for robbery, obstruction of justice, and the two attempted murders will run concurrently and be served at the same time, while the two life imprisonment sentences will also run concurrently. The judge also ordered that the two rape sentences of 15 years each and the eight-year attempted rape conviction will also be served concurrently.

During sentencing, the judge said the minor girl, who had been raped when she was nine years old in 2018, suffers from insomnia and night terrors, and has fallen into extreme introversion as she does not leave the house. He added that the survivor also had to move schools to avoid intrusive questioning over the rape incident from her peers.

The judge found that although Matirua had been 16 at the time he committed the rape offences, he did not show the unwise or immature momentary lapse of a typical juvenile. “Instead, his actions were predatory, involving kidnapping and multiple acts of sexual violence, followed two years later by an escalation into murders and attempted murders, among others. His normal and unbothered demeanour after these acts confirms that he acted with the cold calculation of an ordinary criminal. Accordingly, while the court has considered his youthfulness, it finds that the sheer gravity of the misery caused to HKT (the rape survivor) and the families of the deceased persons far outweighs his age as a mitigating factor,” the judge said.

He further added that Mutirua remains a volatile and lethal risk to any member of society based on his lack of remorse and hardened disposition, which requires that the courts remove him from society for a lengthy period.

The High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria, has sentenced three murderers who are farmers, Jaco Wessels Kemp (36), Louise Coetzee (29), and Gert Frederik van der Westhuizen (38) to life imprisonment each for the premeditated murder of Dumisani Phakathi, a farm dweller. The court further declared all three accused unfit to possess firearms and ordered them to surrender all firearms, ammunition, licences, authorisations, and permits to the investigating officer. On 16 September 2023, the three farmers, were having a braai at the chicken farm in Mamokgalieskraal.

At approximately 16h00, they saw Phakathi walking past the farm gate on his way to collect water from a nearby furrow, which community members commonly used as a water source. The three approached him and assaulted him. They then dragged him into a storage facility inside the chicken farm, where the assault continued until he succumbed to his injuries. In the early hours of 17 September 2023, at approximately 02h00, Kemp and Coetzee were stopped by police during a stop-and-search operation on the R511 towards Brits while driving a bakkie. The vehicle was loaded with black refuse bags. During the search, police noticed human legs protruding from underneath the bags. Upon further inspection, they discovered the bloodied body of the deceased, with his head covered in plastic. Kemp and Coetzee were immediately arrested at the scene.

Van der Westhuizen handed himself over to the police on 19 September 2023 after investigations linked him to the offence. In court, all three accused pleaded not guilty to the charges and to shifted blame onto one another. However, the State Prosecutor, Advocate Lawrence More, presented compelling evidence through State witnesses, proving the State’s case beyond a reasonable doubt. In mitigation of sentence, the accused requested the court to deviate from imposing the prescribed minimum sentence because of the time they had already spent in custody since their arrest and that they have children to take care of. However, adv More argued for life imprisonment because the trio killed the decease for no reason. The deceased was killed in an inhumane and cruel manner, his body placed in rubbish bags in an attempt to throw it in a dumping site. Adv More also read into the record the Victim Impact Statements, facilitated by Court Preparation Officer Lebogang Lebese, where the sister of the deceased expresses that she no longer trusts white people because of the incident. In delivering the sentence, the judge agreed with the state that the three showed no remorse for the offence, they killed a man for no apparent reason.

Therefore, the only conclusion he can derive from the killing is that it was racially motivated.