Murder accused Corrine Jackson has fired her lawyer days before she was expected to receive her trial date.
A cheerful-looking Jackson, 20, stepped into the dock at the Mitchells Plain Magistrate's Court on Wednesday where her lawyer, Sylvester Vogel, informed the court that she had hired a new lawyer.
The court heard the investigation was complete and that consultation would take place for a regional court date when Jackson’s trial is set to begin.
The matter was postponed to 17 May.
Jackson is accused of stabbing her girlfriend, Nadine Esterhuizen, 18, and trying to cut off her head at a residence in Colorado Park in 2017.