A 21-year-old man appeared at the Tonga Magistrate’s Court on Monday for laying false charges of carjacking.
After Malvin Sanderson reported a case at the Kamhlushwa Police Station, police then launched an investigation. Information at police disposal suggest that, Sanderson who is from Pienaar outside Nelspruit, allegedly planned a robbery that was to take place at Schoemansdal on Saturday.
He and his accomplices are alleged to have gone to a farm in the same area with the intention of stealing some items. Unfortunately for them, the security personnel at the farm was on patrol and spotted them. They (security) gave chase and the suspects fled the scene, leaving their vehicle behind.
Sanderson then went to the police station on Sunday afternoon and reported that he had been hijacked. It later transpired that a case against five men was opened by the security personnel from the farm and that the car had already been handed over to the police at Komatipoort.
The suspect was then arrested. He was remanded in custody and will appear in court next Monday, 28 January 2019, pending a formal bail application.
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