Joburg man accused of killing his mother set to return to court
The case against James Gibson, 29, is set to return to the Booysens Magistrate’s Court this week.
He is accused of murdering his mother, Celeste Antiga, 57.
The investigation was found to still be incomplete at his last appearance.
Gibson faces a Schedule 6 murder charge.
He appeared before Magistrate Hasina Habib in Court 1 on 31 August, where the court heard that the post-mortem report, photo album and chain statement had not yet been finalised.
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LATEST APPEARANCE
During the proceedings, Gibson again told the court he wanted to plead guilty to the murder charge.
Magistrate Habib, though, explained that a specific procedure must be followed before a formal guilty plea can actually be entered.
Habib instructed the State to expedite that process.
This would allow Gibson to follow the correct formal plea procedure once the outstanding investigation work is complete.
The matter was postponed to 29 September for further investigation.
HOW THE CASE BEGAN
According to police, the incident occurred at about 19:10 on 14 July at a home in Blouklip Avenue, Bassonia – a suburb in southern Johannesburg.
Antiga was found unconscious in a pool of blood.
She allegedly sustained severe injuries to her upper body.
She was rushed to hospital for treatment but died from her injuries the following day, 15 July.
Following the incident, Gibson allegedly fled the scene and remained on the run for several days.
Police arrested him on 21 July. He was taken into custody and detained at Mondeor SAPS before his first court appearance.
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