Couple in ‘vampire attack’ to seek bail

A COUPLE accused of attempted murder in a so-called “vampire attack” will apply for bail at their next court hearing.

Vincent Walters, 49, and his girlfriend, Noleen de Grame, 50, from the Cape Town suburb of Brooklyn, appeared briefly in Cape Town Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

They have been in custody for seven weeks and face charges of attempted murder and robbery after allegedly biting the stomach and back of Theresa Simons after a drinking session and attempting to suck her blood.

The incident reportedly took place at the couple’s house after Simons and her husband went to visit them.

The two couples are said to have consumed four boxes of wine.

Simons’ husband then reportedly left to take a nap in the park and Simons, 53, told police she started feeling as if she had been drugged before the couple held her down and bit her.

She managed to escape after “starting to pray and finding strength”, she told police.

One of the couple’s friends, Maya Sawicka – who has gathered 80 signatures on a petition calling for the case to be thrown out of court – said she found the incident unlikely because Simons was a “pole dancer” and De Grame, who had diabetes and asthma, would not have been able to overpower her.

“Noleen is very sick … So I don’t see how she could attack and hold down Theresa,” said Sawicka.

The case was postponed to January 18 for a bail hearing. Walters and De Grame have been in custody since their November 21 arrest.