Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition)
Sickness further delays murder accused Corrine Jackson’s trial
A SPELL of sickness has hit judicial staff presiding over the murder trial of Corrine Jackson, accused of attempting to behead her estranged girlfriend, Nadine Esterhuizen in 2017.
This week, three witnesses were ready to take the stand in the State’s case against Jackson after a Section 32A ruling had been made by the court.
This disallows any further postponements in the trial after a run of delays.
The witnesses were expected to testify on Wednesday and Thursday, but sudden sickness hit Jackson’s defence lawyer, attorney Kim Kinnear and it’s also understood that she experienced car trouble. The next day, the magistrate also called in sick.
On Wednesday, Kinnear informed the court that she was feeling ill after lunch and the matter had been set down for 2pm.
The magistrate then called the three witnesses before court, one of whom was first on scene on the day of the murder, and warned them to be back in court on Thursday.
On Thursday, the magistrate was also ill and the matter was postponed to February next year.
Jackson, who was supported by her fiancé, appeared chirpy and happy and informed the court she had no problem with a further postponement.
Esterhuizen was stabbed 21 times and her killer attempted to cut her head off in what was first believed to be a satanic act and attack.
Jackson is also facing a separate charge of common assault for an alleged incident which took place earlier this year involving her new girlfriend’s mother.