Stellenbosch University student murder: Suspect due in court
A 27-year-old man accused of stabbing a Durban woman to death faces charges of murder in the Cape Town Magistrate's Court today.
20-year-old Robyn Pearce was found dead in her Sea Point flat more than two weeks ago. She was a second year Humanities student at Stellenbosch University.
Western Cape Police arrested the man last week in Ottery.
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The family's lawyer, William Booth says the suspect was not known to Robyn.
"The information that I have is that he was a labourer working on the block of flats where Robyn was staying. In fact, it's her mother's apartment and they were doing renovations to, I believe, a floor just above Robyn's flat," he said.