Wassim Kudoos, 33, of Mobeni Heights, made a brief appearance in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court this week
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A SARS tax consultant from Mobeni Heights who was denied bail for the execution-style murders of a Chatsworth barber and gardener made a brief appearance in the Chatsworth Magistrate’s Court today.
Wasim Kudoos, 33, of Mobeni Heights, was charged for the murder of his gardener, Mzikayise Paulos Mabida, 54, and a barber, Mahmudel Sajid, 38.
Sajid was killed at his salon in Summerfield Road, in Bayview and Mabida was shot in the driveway of Kudoos’ home shortly after Sajid’s killing on October 8.
Both men were shot in their heads.
The State had called for a local district surgeon to examine him before his bail application and the district surgeon gave a report that he was fit to stand trial and answer to the charges facing him.
Kudoos told the court during his bail application that he could not remember the killings or resisting arrest.
During his bail judgment in January, Magistrate S Chiliza said that Kudoos failed to prove exceptional circumstances warranting his release, citing the 'marksman-like' nature of the killings where both victims were shot in the head.
If convicted, Kudoos faces double life imprisonment.
The State had received the ballistics test results and the prime residue test results last month.
The case was postponed for further investigations and for the State to gather outstanding witness statements.
Kudoos will reappear in court next month.