Strangled mom, baby: Trial date set for suspect (29)
20-year-old Chantelle Ash was strangled along with her infant at a lodge outside Mokopane on 14 January.
MOKOPANE – The accused in the murder of 20-year-old Chantelle and her baby Tasneem Ash, appeared in the Mokerong Magistrate’s Court in Mahwelereng on Friday, 14 May.
The 29-year-old accused was arrested on 21 January.
Bosveld previously reported that the lifeless bodies of the mother and her baby were found by an employee in a lodge in Masodi village outside Mokopane on Thursday, 14 January. According to police reports the woman and her child were together with an unknown man and had booked into the room on Tuesday, 12 January at around 19:00.
“The trio were dropped off outside the gate of the lodge and the man booked a room for the night. “He did not provide any personal information and told the receptionist that they will leave the next day (Wednesday, 13 January),” said Police Spokesperson, Col Moatshe Ngoepe. The next morning someone went to clean the room and found the bodies of Chantelle and Tasneen, then alerted the police.
Both victims were strangled to death.
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After an intensive investigation, the suspect was located by the Brixton police and was brought to Mokopane for questioning. He was charged with two murders.
The case against the accused was remanded to the Polokwane High Court, where the suspect will stand for trial from 5 to 9 September 2022.
