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Artist appears in court for murder of Plettenberg Bay former detective
Cape Times
|January 27, 2026
THE case against Garden Route artist Bevan van Druten, charged with the murder of former detective Anneke "Nicky" van Heerden, has been postponed to Thursday for a formal bail application.
NICKY van Heerden, 54.
Van Druten, appeared in the Plettenberg Bay Magistrate's Court yesterday where he told magistrate, Zukiswa Hans, in Afrikaans: “I want to apply for a state lawyer.”
This came after prominent Garden Route attorney Carl Jeppe refused to represent the 53-year-old man, a decision Jeppe himself confirmed.
Van Druten was assigned a Legal Aid attorney, while the State withdrew its request to have him sent to a district surgeon for mental evaluation.
Hans said she had not been informed of the application and was hearing of it for the very first time.
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