Judgment is expected in the Port Elizabeth High Court on Wednesday in the case against three alleged gang members charged with a bloody quadruple murder.
Randall Calvert, 27, Trenley Dickenson, 26, and Sherwin Joseph, 18, of Helenvale are accused of shooting dead four people at a tavern in Arcadia during January last year.
The men pleaded not guilty to four charges of murder, six of attempted murder and possession of unlicensed firearm and ammunition.
They allegedly went to the tavern where they killed four victims, two men and two women, who died in a hail of bullets. According to evidence before court, three of the four victims sustained multiple gunshot wounds to their bodies.
The indictment reads that many patrons were at the tavern, some inside, while others stood in the driveway drinking liquor.
The state alleges that the gunmen, along with others, arrived at the tavern in a white bakkie, jumped off and started firing shots.
The state further alleges that the men were driven by a motive to eliminate three men who had left their gang.
– African News Agency (ANA)
