The families of Ayesha Kelly, 10, and Emaan Solomons, seven, were at the Western Cape High court on Friday and learnt their murder trials would only begin between April and June next year.
Cameron Julius and Chadwin Williams appeared for pre-trial proceedings and their trial date was set 23 May to 15 June 2022, reports the Weekend Argus.
The State is set to prove Julius and Williams killed Ayesha in December 2019 while she walked to a tuck shop in Oudekloof Road in Tafelsig.
The shooting was allegedly between rival gangs – the Hard Livings and the Americans.
Julius is allegedly a member of the HLs.
Her grief-stricken ouma Fayrouz Kelly said they were still coming to terms with the loss.
“We were excited this morning because we believed it was going to start and now it will be another year, another birthday remembering when she was shot and another year to wait for trial, God knows best,” she says.
Meanwhile, Eben Basson and Chivargo Fredericks are charged with the murder of Emaan of Ocean View and would be on trial between 19 April to 19 May next year.
Emaan had been playing in her front yard in Libra Street when she was gunned down in February last year.
Weekend Argus