Former domestic worker accused of theft granted bail

The former domestic worker who was accused of stealing her employer’s items and disappeared, has been granted bail by Alexandra court in Johannesburg.

This after the accused was recently arrested while found cooking in a shack, Sandton Chronicle reported.

The suspect appeared in the Alexandra Magistrates’ Court and was granted R1 000 bail pending further investigation.

She worked at a Gallo Manor residence and disappeared on November 1 last year.

When her employers could not reach her by phone, they went home and found her room empty. They checked their house and found R25 000 in cash missing as well as R127 000 worth of jewellery, a polo handbag worth R43 000 and two iPads valued at R6 000 each.

The suspect was tracked down with the public’s help, and found with a man in the shack in Swaneville, Krugersdorp, where she was arrested.

– Caxton News Service

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