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Vodka, fried chicken and his mother's corpse Lourens Geyer gave his ex-girlfriend some Smirnoff Ice to drink to "cool down", only metres from his mother's mutilated, naked corpse. And when Lauren Dorey, 21, protested against having to be in the presence of Auriol Geyer's blood-spattered body, Geyer drove her to a nearby Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet and bought her supper, the Johannesburg High Court heard on Wednesday. Geyer, 25, of Krugersdorp, has pleaded not guilty to charges of murdering his 55-year-old mother in November last year, and robbery with aggravating circumstances. He is alleged to have stabbed his mother to death, then wrapped her body in a blanket and dumped it on an open road in Thabazimbi, Limpopo. He is also charged with stealing her cellphone and Fiat Uno. Declared fit to stand trial Geyer was arrested in Hibberdene, KwaZulu Natal, three days after the murder. In his plea explanation, Geyer agreed that he might have killed his mother after he "snapped" during an argument with her, but said he did not have any recollection of how the murder took place. Geyer was earlier sent to Sterkfontein Hospital for mental evaluation, and was declared fit to stand trial. Testifying on Wednesday, Dorey, who has a 17-month-old child by Geyer, told the prosecutor, advocate Nicolette Bell, that the accused called her on November 10 and told her he wanted her and their baby to visit his mother. Geyer arrived at her house in Silverfields, Krugersdorp, the following morning in his mother's car - the first time Dorey had seen him driving the car. He had a cut on a finger and was struggling to drive. The couple and their baby slept in the house that night She said Geyer had told her they would be spending that night at his mother's house and then would go on holiday "somewhere". Asked to describe what state he was in, Dorey said: "He sounded normal on that day." The couple then drove to Hartbeespoort Dam, where they had lunch and drinks, and later that evening drove to his mother's house in Bloubosrand, Randburg. On entering the house, Dorey said she was shocked to see the deceased's naked body lying in the living room, and blood splattered all over the floor, walls and windows. "It looked as if there had been a struggle. I asked him what was going on, and he said he didn't know," said Dorey. The accused then gave her a bottle of vodka-based Smirnoff Ice to "cool down", and from which she took a sip. When she could no longer stand the sight of Geyer's dead mother's body, he drove her to the chicken outlet. But Dorey couldn't bring herself to eat. She said that when she asked the accused why he had not informed the police, Geyer said he feared the police would think he and Dorey had committed the crime. She also testified that they went back to the house, and Geyer cleaned up the blood, wrapped the body in a blanket and locked it in the boot of his mother's car. The couple and their baby slept in the house that night and the next morning drove to Thabazimbi, where Geyer dumped his mother's body on the side of a deserted gravel road. Dorey said they then drove to Durban, where Geyer sold his mother's cellphone to pay for a room for the night. The next morning the couple drove to Hibberdene, where Geyer had planned to sell the car. They were arrested there later that day. Asked why she had not called the police to tell them what had happened, Dorey said: "I was scared. I didn't know what to do because I was unsure about what had happened." The trial continues. Source/Publisher: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=13&art_id=vn20021107052226607C796179&set_id=1
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