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Justice system has failed us, says Douglas's family
Cape Argus
|February 04, 2026
JUST hours after the family of 35-year-old Craig Douglas of Edgemead pleaded with the justice system to not allow vital evidence to collapse in the six-year-old case, the charges were withdrawn against the three men accused of beating and stabbing him to death for his vehicle.
CRAIG Douglas's family said they would continue to fight for justice.
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Shockwaves rippled through the Wynberg Regional Court yesterday as Douglas's family learned that Zandre van Niekerk, Edmonde Hoogbaard and Reagan Smith - who had been expected to stand trial - were now free men after charges against them were withdrawn because key witnesses failed to appear.
Previously, the case was struck off the roll in 2021 and reinstated in 2024, following a complaint lodged by the family with the Western Cape Ombudsman, who found that Nyanga Police Station had been part of wrongdoing.
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