The Reiger Park police have arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly battering another man to death on October 27.
The Reiger Park police received the murder complaint at about 8.10am and they rushed to Driefontein, also known as KwaGumede informal settlement.
Officers came across a man who claimed another man grabbed his cellphone. The alleged cellphone grabber told him he was taking the cellphone because the complainant owed him R1 500.
The complainant took the police to the man he claimed took his cellphone, and he pointed out an unresponsive man lying in a pool of blood, with open wounds to his forehead, mouth and eye. There were bricks and stones next to the body of the man, who paramedics subsequently certified dead on the scene.
The man reportedly told the police that he assaulted the unidentified man who grabbed his phone, but didn’t kill him. The police arrested the man on the scene and he was charged with murder. He was scheduled to appear in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court this week.
Investigators are appealing to witnesses to come forward with information regarding the murder. Anyone with information can contact the investigating officer, Det Sgt Mothusi Ntsaku, on 011 916 7000.
The police are further warning members of the public in and around Delmore informal settlement to be on high alert as there is a carjacking trend in the area. During the course of this month, two vehicles were hijacked and another two were stolen in the area.
Here is a breakdown of the arrests made by the Reiger Park police during the period from October 21 to 28:
- Possession of drugs: 2
- Assault GBH: 3
- Driving under the influence of a substance: 2
- Murder: 2
- Rape: 1
- Fraud: 1
- Possession of stolen goods: 1
- Domestic violence: 1
- House break-in: 2
- Possession of counterfeit goods: 1
