The man accused of killing a one-year-old Cafda boy wants to be released from prison.
Dillon Absolon, an alleged member of the Junky Funkys gang, has been charged with the murder of Tashwill Junior Nel, one, who was killed in a drive-by shooting on Sunday, 8 July.
'I WASN'T THERE': Murder suspect Dillon Absolon. Photo: Supplied
He also faces nine charges of attempted murder as Tashwell’s uncle and cousins were also in the vehicle at the time of the shooting.
According to his grieving family, the toddler was sitting on his uncle’s lap in a parked
car outside his home in
Komlossy Street when the shooting happened.
Mom Cheryl, 30, ran to save her son, but was too late and got hit in the left arm.
The family rushed the little boy to Retreat Day Hospital where he died.
Absolon made his second appearance at the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court on Monday where defence lawyer, Bruce Hendricks, told Magistrate Goolam Bawa that he planned to apply for bail and would contest claims that he was in Steenberg on the night of the murder.
The State prosecutor revealed that Absolon was out on bail and is currently on trial for the murder of a 19-year-old girl.
“The State will be opposing bail as one of the conditions is that the accused is not allowed in Steenberg due to his other matter.”
Hendricks, however, says Absolon has witnesses who will testify that he was not in Cafda on the night of the shooting.
The case was postponed to 16 August for the formal bail hearing.