Watch Video’Driftwood Killer’ rants about ‘demonic stuff’ in prison call

Murder suspect Bevan van Druten makes bizarre call about demonic occurrences Image:Nicky van Heerden was brutally murdered in January 2026 A man awaiting trial for allegedly killing his former Plettenberg Bay police officer girlfriend made a frantic, bizarre call from behind bars last week, claiming he was possessed. The accused, Bevan van Druten, reportedly told a friend that “demonic stuff” was happening to him and that “strange things” were occurring inside the Knysna prison where he is being held. The sensational claim comes as the 53-year-old driftwood artist dropped his bail bid in the Plettenberg Bay Magistrate’s Court earlier this month, where he has been charged with the murder of Anneke “Nicky” van Heerden.

Van Druten has been in custody since the day after Van Heerden’s brutalised body was discovered on a sand dune alongRivertides nearKeurbooms Beach on January 18. Sand was apparently found in her mouth. According to the man who said Van Druten had phoned him from prison, the call was “strange”.

“Bevan is a bit of a weirdo,” he said, adding that Van Druten was a self-proclaimed reborn Christian and believed there were external forces at play. “Bevan called me last week and said I needed to visit him in jail because demonic stuff was going on there. “He has asked me to visit him three times now, once in person and twice through his brother-in-law. “I intended to visit to deliver a letter saying I want nothing to do with him.” The man saidVan Drutensounded anxious and did not go into detail about what he meant by “demonic”.