HORRIFIC details of the brutal murders of Danie, 83, Breggie, 73, and Elsabe Brand, 54, emerged in the Northern Cape High Court this week.
The family members were assaulted on their smallholding near Hartswater on July 26, 2020 before they were abducted and murdered.
Two of the bodies were abandoned in the veld near Takaneng village while the third body was concealed in a cave near a natural spring.
The accused - Donald Seolesang, 22, Tshepo Visagie, 38, Kgomotso Mpumlwane, 45, and Tshepaone Melato, 21 - are facing charges of murder, robbery with aggravating circumstances, kidnapping and defeating the ends of justice.
Forensic pathologist Dr Lemaine Fouche indicated that the body that was retrieved from the cave had decomposed at a faster rate than the bodies that were found in…