Sunday, August 24, 2008

Man hands himself over after killing his girlfriend

By Mishkah Anthony
24 August 2008

A 24 year old man was arrested last night after he handed himself over at the Bellville Police station.

It is alleged that at about 10:30pm last night the suspect had a argument with his girlfriend in her bedroom on the premises of University of the Western Cape residence.

SAPS spokesperson Inspector Bernadine Steyn said Lithenba Jama a 22 year old student originally from Port Elizabeth was stabbed to death by her boyfriend.

“she was stabbed several times with a knife on her body and died on the scene.”

The suspect, who is a student originally from Bloemfontein, will appear in the Bellville Magistrate's court on Tuesday.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

wow this is shocking.. I am a student at UWC, my class mate played rugby with this student. He confirmed that the was kind hearted and friendly, and has yet to discover what would have lead him to commit such a brutal murder....

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