Two men arrested for shooting dead advocate Pete Mihalik appear in court
Prosecutor Hillary Boosen asked that Sizwe Niyalala and Nkosinathi Khumalo be held at Sea Point police station as they could be in danger if sent to prison
Heavily armed members of the police's anti-gang unit formed a tight security cordon around the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for the appearance of two men charged with murdering advocate Pete Mihalik. Sizwe Niyalala and Nkosinathi Khumalo were charged with murder‚ attempted murder and possession of an illegal firearm and ammunition. They were not asked to plead. Prosecutor Hillary Boosen asked that the matter be postponed for seven days for further investigation. She asked that the men be held at Sea Point police station because their lives could be in danger if they were sent to prison. The attempted murder charge related to Mihalik’s eight-year-old son‚ who was hit by one of two bullets fired into the advocate’s car outside Reddam House Atlantic Seaboard in Green Point on Tuesday. Mihalik was killed in a hit as he dropped his son and teenage daughter at 7.35am. One of the killers walked up to Mihalik’s Mercedes-Benz and fired two shots through the driver’s door window. ...
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