A Western Cape High Court judge told an alleged murderer and rapist to stop laughing in the dock.
Cameron Wilson, 21, is accused of killing Lekita Moore, 19, last year, and Stacey-Lee Mohale, 16, in 2015.
He has pleaded not guilty to all 15 charges against him, including six murders, three counts of rape, attempted murder and assault with the intent to do grievous bodily harm.
After catching the accused laughing while a witness was testifying on the stand, an irate Judge C Fortuin turned to Wilson and told him: “Mnr Wilson, moenie lag nie, dis ‘* ernstige saak.”
But Wilson appeared min gespin throughout proceedings.
Wilson was out on bail for the murder of Stacey-Lee when he allegedly abducted Lekita after they both attended a karaoke event in Valhalla Park on September 10 last year.
The teen’s naked and mutilated body was found on a field in Tuna Street the next morning.
In his plea explanation, Wilson claimed he never spoke to Lekita at the karaoke and left for his grandmother’s house on his own.
The first case he is being tried for is the murder of Toyher Stober, whom Wilson allegedly shot in Heinz Park in October 2014.
Before proceedings started, officials went to Heinz Park for an in loco inspection.
It’s believed Wilson and another man first tried to shoot Stober, who then chased them in his car.
Stober’s son, Walleed Armien, testified that he saw Wilson and an accomplice run away after his father was shot in his car.
He said Wilson was on the scene, but not as an onlooker, as he claimed.
Walleed said he was on his way to his parents’ house when he saw his dad speeding past.
He says Wilson and an accomplice fired shots at his father while driving.
“I heard the shots and saw the sparks coming from the gun,” Walleed testified.
The suspects fled, running past him, “but I just ran to my dad because I knew my father was hit”, he said.
Stober’s car then crashed into fencing.
“I lifted my father up in the car because he was lying to one side, but I saw all the blood and I knew my father was gone.”
There was a tense moment when Walleed stared down Wilson.
The testimony of Stober’s nine-year-old foster son was held in camera as he is a minor.
The trial will resume Monday.