A South African national, convicted and imprisoned for killing a 69-year-old pensioner in England, is expected to make a formal bail application in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court on Friday, where he faces a charge of theft.
On Monday, the case against Glen Brian Galley was postponed for a formal bail application after it emerged that he has a previous conviction for murder in the United Kingdom.
National Prosecuting Authority spokesperson Natasha Ramkisson-Kara said Galley is alleged to have stolen a saddle worth about R70,000.
According to court papers obtained by ANA, Galley was convicted in May 2002, for murdering a 69-year-old woman from whom he had borrowed £20 (R320 at 2002 exchange rates) while working for a taxi company in England.
The woman, whom he had transported, complained to his employers when he failed to pay back the money. They dismissed him and shortly afterwards she was found dead, having been kicked, pummelled and stabbed. Galley was sentenced to life imprisonment but was released in February 2015.
It was not immediately known if Galley had been on parole at the time of his release. A response to questions had not been received from the British Ministry of Justice press office.
– African News Agency (ANA)
