Two men are expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, on charges of murder and kidnapping. The duo is part of four men who allegedly kidnapped and murder a 57-year-old woman from Lavender Hill, on 10 July 2024.
STOCK IMAGESWestern Cape police spokesperson, Malcolm Pojie, says initial
investigation suggest that a group of four masked men kidnapped the woman from
her residence in St Montagu Village, Lavender Hill on 10 July 2024 at about
20:45 at gunpoint, during a power outage at her home. Pojie added that the
assailants left in a silver coloured vehicle and the woman was not seen since
then.
He says a multi-disciplinary investigation team, consisting
of Provincial Organised Crime’s Anti Kidnapping Team, Crime Scene
Investigations (CSI), Operation Lockdown, Steenberg Visible Policing and
detectives, Muizenberg Vispol as well as City of Cape Town Law Enforcement, was
established to investigate the matter.
‘’Their persistence paid off when they followed up on clues
and information which led to the arrest of a 23 year old man on 18 August 2024
in connection with the kidnapping. The accused already appeared in the Wynberg
Magistrates’ Court on a charge of kidnapping on 20 August 2024. Further
investigation led to the arrest of a 49 years old suspect who was apprehended
on Monday, 19 August 2024,’’ said Lt Col Malcolm Pojie, Western Cape police
spokesperson.
He says the arrests of the 49-year-old suspect led officers
to a sand grave in a deserted area behind the municipal landfill site in
Muizenberg on the same day, whereby they found the kidnapped woman’s body with multiple
stab wounds.
Done By: Elona Sibunzi
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