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Eastern Cape businessman accused of ordering wife’s murder is denied bail

Vicki Terblanche was drugged and then suffocated before being buried in a shallow grave.

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Murder accused Arnold Terblanche at a previous court appearance in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court. On Thursday, the controversial businessman was granted bail of R1m
BAIL GRANTED: Murder accused Arnold Terblanche at a previous court appearance in the Gqeberha magistrate’s court. On Thursday, the controversial businessman was granted bail of R1m Picture: EUGENE COETZEE

Arnold Terblanche, a wealthy Gqeberha businessman accused of orchestrating his estranged wife’s murder, has been denied bail in the city’s magistrate’s court.

Vicki Terblanche, 42, was drugged and then suffocated before being buried in a shallow grave in Greenbushes in October last year. 

Terblanche, who denies involvement, was arrested in November. It is alleged he colluded with Vicki’s boyfriend, Reinhardt Leach, who sought help from his friend, Dylan Cullis, to carry out the murder at her home.

All three spent the festive season behind bars.

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