Ten of the Western Cape Anti-Gang Unit (AGU) members charged with the murder of Manenberg resident Wade Price are set to attend a bail appeal hearing at the Western Cape High Court tomorrow.

Price was arrested in December and died shortly after, allegedly from suffocation during a police interrogation.

AGU Legal Representative, Advocate Bruce Hendricks, says bail should be granted to the accused, and that they will appeal on 60 grounds.

“We believe that the members will be granted bail. The investigation is still in its infant stage, previously they said they had a strong case, yet we are still awaiting an outcome.”

Earlier today, eleven of the members appeared at the Athlone High Court, facing charges including four counts of kidnapping, four counts of assault with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, torture, murder and attempting to defeat the administration of justice.

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Eric Ntabazalila says the case has been postponed until 5 March for further investigations.

“We have received the post-mortem report, but we still have a DNA report that’s outstanding as well as the crime scene reports.”

Meanwhile several community members outside the court chanted songs such as “Justice for the AGU”, stressing that they were just doing their jobs.