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Original Post Date: 2008-11-11 Time: 03:00:08 Posted By: Jan
When double murder accused Mathew Naidoo telephoned his mother to tell her that “someone” had murdered Westville couple Magdalena and Johan Lotter, he was hysterical and frightened.
He was walking to Westville Police Station when he made the call, his mother, Yogasundrie Naidoo, 41, of Phoenix, told Pinetown Magistrate Yugan Naidu on Friday, when she pleaded with the court to grant her 22-year-old son bail.
Naidoo was subsequently charged with the double murder along with two of the murdered couple’s children, Nicolette, 26, and Hardus, 20. The magistrate heard that Naidoo did not resist arrest.
Naidoo – Nicolette’s boyfriend – will learn tomorrow if his bail application has been successful.
His co-accused’s mother, better known as “Riekie”, was a teacher at Grosvenor Girls’ School and their father was the head of the Lanxess chemical plant in Merebank.
The investigating officer, Constable Kubendran Naidoo, told a previous hearing that Magdalena Lotter had been shocked with a taser stun gun; her hands were tied with cable ties, her mouth gagged with a sock and taped with duct tape.
A syringe was unsuccessfully used to try to insert an air bubble into a vein in her body. She was stabbed several times, while her husband was strangled with a piece of electric cable.
Although Friday’s court application was to hear Naidoo’s bail plea, the Lotter siblings were also brought to court from Westville Prison. They were represented by their lawyer, Danie Grundlingh.
Nicolette wore a pink blouse, black skirt and silver high-heeled sandals, while her brother wore the same suit that he had worn previously.
Naidoo, who sat slightly apart from them, wore jeans patterned jersey and sported a shorter hairstyle than previously.
He told an earlier hearing in an affidavit that he would plead not guilty and that he would dispute the admissibility of his “alleged confession”.
He claims he was at the Pavilion Shopping Centre when the murders were committed, and his lawyer, Rajendra Nathalall, who said there were “real practical problems” concerning this, which was “why he needs to be released”.
Nathalall said that immediately after he was instructed by Naidoo, “we went to the Pavilion and went to security to establish whether they have CCTV coverage But they don’t have it”. He said that CCTV coverage was erased after seven days.
“How is he going to establish an alibi if he is in custody? He knows people by sight who work at certain places at the Pavilion and they will be able to verify what he is saying,” he said.
It was important that Naidoo be given the opportunity to prepare for his trial. There was also a “very real” problem that it took a long time to get to see his client in prison.
The investigating officer had told the previous hearing that he believed Naidoo would be in danger from the public if granted bail as some thought the murders were racially motivated.
But Nathalall submitted that this was a “knee jerk emotional reaction. There was no strong evidence to suggest that”.
Questioned by prosecutor, Jan Buitendag, Naidoo’s mother admitted that her son had repeatedly lied to her, allegedly telephoning her from the airport to say he was leaving for London where he had a job.
Naidoo did not go to London at all and was in fact staying with his girlfriend in Westville, the court heard.
He also telephoned his mother to say he was happy in London, later visiting on a supposed holiday and giving her a gift of a necklace and earrings which he said were from London.
He also said that Nicolette was his secretary and spoke about registering their intention to marry.
He also lied when he said that he had been studying music at Unisa.
Asked by the prosecutor if she would believe her son if he said he would stand trial in the event he was granted bail, she said:
“I would believe him.”
She felt Naidoo had lied because “if he told me the truth that he was staying with someone, I would not agree to that”.
“I would have kept him with me. I would not have let him go.”
His lies had “got him into this situation”, she said.
“In today’s world, a lot of children tell lies … he should be given another chance.”
Her son had the promise of a job at R400-a-week and “if released, he will be able to get finance to fight his case”.
She continued: “Everyone is innocent until proved guilty. I would like this court please to grant him bail.”
At one point, Naidoo called his lawyer across to tell him he was upset about his mother testifying.