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A 19-year-old Kariega man who was charged with killing his 16-year-old girlfriend, Sinthia Williams and burying her in a shallow grave in his backyard made his first appearance in the town's Magistrates Court on Friday.
Kyle Barnes, who was clad in a dark jacket and jeans, opted to be represented by Legal Aid SA, and the matter was postponed to next Thursday for a bail application.
The state indicated that it would oppose his bail application.
Barnes handed himself over to police on Wednesday night, and then led investigators to the shallow grave at his house in Bauhinia Crescent in Thomas Gamble where Williams' remains were found.
Police said he faces a charge of murder.
It was reported that Williams was also several months pregnant at the time of her death.
