AN operation conducted by Cato Manor detectives produced positive results when police arrested a 42-year-old wanted murder suspect.
Lt Col Thulani Zwane from provincial SAPS said police had been searching for the suspect after he allegedly killed his girlfriend in Cator Manor and went in hiding.
“When police receive information that the suspect was hiding with relatives in Hluhluwe, they wasted no time and proceeded to the said place. On arrival they found out that suspect had already fled the area to other relatives in Inanda. Police continued with their investigation and on 6 September, they proceeded to Inanda where the suspect was arrested and charged for the murder of his girlfriend. He appeared in the Ntuzuma Magistrates Court,” he said.
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Zwane said it is alleged that on 20 August at 6pm, the 32-year-old woman was at her boyfriend’s residence at Bothi Dladla Road in Cato Manor, when she was stabbed and her throat slit. “The victim’s body was found by the suspect’s brother in the room but the suspect was nowhere to be found. Police were called and a case of murder was opened at Cato Manor police station for investigation,” he said.
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