Author Dianne Case, who was stabbed by an ex-prisoner she had tried to help, appeared in Wynberg Regional Court this week. A News24 report notes that the Woodstock-born writer's books include stories about ordinary people navigating their way through apartheid's laws. The matter that brought Case to the court involves her offering Tyrone Prinsloo accommodation in exchange for carpentry work at a house, in the hopes of giving him a leg up during a difficult time. He allegedly did not do the work, and Case put the money she had paid him upfront for the work behind her. However, in November last year, he allegedly arrived at her home and said he was there to pay her back. While driving him to fetch the money, he allegedly turned on her. She was stabbed multiple times, but managed to get out of the vehicle and run, covered in blood. The case was postponed to 20 June for a new lawyer to get the particulars of the case. Prinsloo was denied bail. He faces two charges of attempted murder, and a charge of hijacking.