Domestic worker accused of kidnapping toddler appears in court

By Rhodé Marshall
07 January 2008

The 42-year-old domestic worker accused of kidnapping two-year-old Owam Ngqengqa from his Langa home last week appeared in the Bishop Lavis Magistrate’s Court today.

SABC news reports that Nokubona Jack handed herself over to police on Saturday morning and the toddler was returned to his mother unharmed.

Ngqengqa was allegedly taken by Jack last Wednesday after she and the Ngqengqa’s mother had an argument. When the mother returned home the afternoon the boy and the domestic worker was gone.

The case was postponed to January 11 for a bail application.

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