Allegations of murder, self harm in Jackson trial

MURDER accused Corrine Jackson told medical staff after her arrest that she had sustained injuries, which was confirmed to possibly be self-inflicted and claimed she was harmed because of a fight with someone who died while they used knives.

- GENEVIEVE SERRA

Jackson was arrested on the afternoon of September 27, 2017 for the murder of her estranged girlfriend, Nadine Esterhuizen.

Esterhuizen, 18, of Mitchell’s Plain, was a matriculant at Athlone High School and opened a case of assault and a protection order against Jackson prior to her death, following an incident at Strandfontein Pavillion.

The State is set to prove that Jackson, attempted to behead Esterhuizen inside a house in Colorado Park, Mitchell’s Plain and stabbed her 21 times.

Jackson was arrested after she was found inside a locked bathroom and had two daggers in her possession.

This week while the trial commenced at the Mitchell’s Plain Regional Court, crime fighters together with the Community Policing Forum including the public via social media expressed their outrage because she was out on bail for eight years while facing a Schedule 6 offence - and called for her to face life behind bars without the option for parole.

Jackson is out on R5000 bail, and is being represented by Advocate Asghar Mia.

Jackson was denied bail following her arrest in 2017 in which Magistrate Alvira Bezuidehout stated she was a danger to another potential victim.